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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
3211Online Lenders Alliance
VA
$1.3M
3212University Of Florida Board Of Trustees
FL
$1.3M
3213Sherwin-williams
DC
$1.3M
3214University Of Washington
DC
$1.3M
3215Apollo Global Management
NY
$1.4M
3216American Gas Association
DC
$10K$1.4M
3217American Psychological Association Services Inc.(Fka American Psychological Assn
DC
$1.4M
3218Fertilizer Institute
VA
$1.4M
3219Nextnav
VA
$1.4M
3220Shield Ai
VA
$1.4M
3221Northwind Trading $1.4M
3222U.s. Bancorp (Formerly Filed As U.s. Bank)
DC
$30K$1.4M
3223Workday
DC
$1.4M
3224Apts Action
VA
$1.4M
3225Global Electronics Association (Fka Ipc International)
DC
$1.4M
3226Southern
DC
$5K$1.4M
3227Specialty Equipment Market Association
DC
$1.5M
3228Interstate Natural Gas Association Of America
DC
$1.5M
3229Experian North America
DC
$10K$1.5M
3230Anti-defamation League
NY
$1.5M
3231Smith & Nephew
DC
$1.5M
3232Volvo Group North America
DC
$1.5M
3233Axon Enterprise
AZ
$1.5M
3234Airlines For America
DC
$1.5M
3235American Speech-language-hearing Association
MD
$10K$1.5M
3236Oshkosh
WI
$5K$1.5M
3237Southwest Airlines
TX
$1.5M
3238Americans For Responsible Innovation
DC
$1.5M
3239Charter Communications Operating
DC
$1.5M
3240Viasat
DC
$1.5M
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