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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
1591Tnc (Us)
NY
$570K
1592Ibm
NY
$580K
1593Southwest Research Institute
TX
$580K
1594Tokyo Electron
TX
$580K
1595Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
CA
$586K
1596Coalition Of Epscor States
DC
$590K
1597General Motors
DC
$83K$590K
1598Kairos Power
CA
$590K
1599Lg Electronics
DC
$590K
1600International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
DC
$410K$595K
1601Amazon Web
DC
$600K
1602Fortinet
CA
$600K
1603National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
VA
$600K
1604OpenAI
CA
$600K
1605Stanford University
CA
$600K
1606Tsmc Arizona
AZ
$600K
1607X-bow Launch Systems Inc. Dba X-bow
NM
$600K
1608Fund For A Better Future
CA
$610K
1609Verizon
DC
$610K
1610Worldpay
OH
$610K
1611Liberty Media
CO
$620K
1612Mercari
CA
$620K
1613Sas Institute
NC
$620K
1614Competitive Carriers Association
DC
$630K
1615Texas A&m University System
TX
$630K
1616Amazon Corporate
DC
$640K
1617Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation Broadband Group)
DC
$640K
1618Samsung Semiconductor
CA
$640K
1619Transport Workers Union Of America Afl-cio
DC
$640K
1620Terrapower
WA
$645K
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