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Money in politics

Lobbying

2,066 companies · $1.8B · 206 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 Tech & Telecomclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend ↑
1021Ibm ›
DC
—$200K
1022Icann (Internet Corporation For Assigned Names And Numbers) ›
DC
—$200K
1023Ikea Us Retail ›
PA
—$200K
1024Imagine Learning ›
NY
—$200K
1025Information Technology Industry Council (Iti) ›
DC
—$200K
1026Inseparable Action ›
DC
—$200K
1027Iproov ›
MD
—$200K
1028Iridium Communications ›
CA
—$200K
1029Kepler Communications ›
DE
—$200K
1030Lincoln Media ›
DC
—$200K
1031Linkedin ›
CA
—$200K
1032Lumen Technologies Inc. (Formerly Centurylink Inc.) ›
DC
—$200K
1033Manhattan Telecommunications Corporation Llc A/K/A Mettel ›
NJ
—$200K
1034Mattel ›
CA
—$200K
1035Mental Health Association Of New York City Inc. (Dba Vibrant Emotional Health) ›
NY
—$200K
1036Merck ›
NJ
◆ $56K$200K
1037Merlin ›
VA
—$200K
1038Mississippi State University ›
MS
—$200K
1039Mobility Global Inc. (Fka S&p Global Mobility) ›
MI
—$200K
1040Monkton ›
VA
—$200K
1041Natat (National Assn Of Towns And Townships ›
DC
—$200K
1042National Cable And Telecommunications Association ("Ncta") ›
DC
—$200K
1043National Independent Venue Association ›
MN
—$200K
1044National Music Publishers' Association ›
DC
◆ $7K$200K
1045Navigators Global On Behalf Of National Public Radio ›
DC
—$200K
1046Ncta - The Internet & Television Association (Fka Nat'l Cable & Telecom Assoc.) ›
DC
◆ $20K$200K
1047Nebius ›—$200K
1048New Mexico State University ›
NM
—$200K
1049North Dakota State University ›
ND
—$200K
1050Nrg Energy ›
NJ
◆ $5K$200K
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