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Money in politics

Lobbying

2,066 companies · $1.8B · 133 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
1561Rice University
TX
$520K
1562Digital Chamber (Formerly Known As Chamber Of Digital Commerce)
DC
$521K
1563Fiber Broadband Association
DC
$525K
1564Syracuse University
NY
$530K
1565Association Of American Universities
DC
$530K
1566Clearspeed
CA
$540K
1567Nixon Peabody Llp (On Behalf Of Pax Technology Inc. - "Pax Us")
DC
$540K
1568Npr
DC
$540K
1569Philanthropy Roundtable
DC
$540K
1570Purdue University
IN
$540K
1571Tata America
NY
$540K
1572University Of Wisconsin-madison
WI
$540K
1573Wabtec
PA
$540K
1574Meta Platforms Inc (Formerly Facebook
DC
$545K
1575Cgi Federal
VA
$550K
1576Samsung Electronics America
DC
$20K$550K
1577Tegna
VA
$550K
1578University Of Texas At Austin
TX
$550K
1579Vlsi Technology
IL
$550K
1580Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field Llp On Behalf Of Tp-link
DC
$560K
1581Anthropic Pbc
CA
$560K
1582Filecoin Foundation
DE
$560K
1583Government Employees Insurance
MD
$560K
1584Technology Ceo Council
DC
$560K
1585Cook
VA
$560K
1586University Of Kentucky
KY
$568K
1587Aurora Innovation
CA
$570K
1588Axiom Space
TX
$570K
1589Council For Citizens Against Government Waste
DC
$6$570K
1590Gray Media
GA
$570K
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