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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 also fund a PAC

Companies don’t just donate — they hire lobbyists to push (or block) legislation. Federal law makes them disclose it. This ranks the companies and groups that spent the most lobbying Washington in 2025, drawn from Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

Spend is the company’s total for the year across everything they lobbied on (the law doesn’t break it down per bill). The ◆ PAC column shows what the same company’s political action committee gives to candidates — the ones doing both, spending to shape laws and funding the people who write them, are worth a closer look.

Filtered to Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
3151Northeastern University
MA
$1.0M
3152Duke University
NC
$1.0M
3153Google
CA
$1.0M
3154Sierra Nevada
NV
$30K$1.0M
3155Syensqo
TX
$1.0M
3156Crowley Maritime
FL
$1.0M
3157Planet Labs Pbc
CA
$1.0M
3158Rocket Lab
CA
$1.0M
3159American Psychiatric Association
DC
$10K$1.0M
3160Crowdstrike
CA
$1.1M
3161Ge Aerospace
DC
$1.1M
3162Pinnacle West Capital
DC
$60K$1.1M
3163American Financial Services Association
DC
$30K$1.1M
3164Leonardo Drs
VA
$1.1M
3165Schneider Electric
MA
$1.1M
3166General Catalyst Group Management
MA
$1.1M
3167Airbnb
CA
$1.1M
3168Cornell University
NY
$1.1M
3169American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists
DC
$1.1M
3170Berkshire Hathaway Energy
IA
$1.1M
3171Puget Sound Energy
WA
$1K$1.1M
3172American Academy Of Otolaryngology-head And Neck Surgery
VA
$1.1M
3173American Apparel & Footwear Association
DC
$1.1M
3174Allied Pilots Association
TX
$146K$1.1M
3175Lmi Consulting
VA
$1.1M
3176Arkema
PA
$1.1M
3177Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund
NY
$1.1M
3178Ouraring
CA
$1.1M
3179Johns Hopkins University
MD
$1.2M
3180Enbridge (U.s.)
TX
$6K$1.2M
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