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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 ↑
1951Association For Accessible Medicines ›
DC
—$3.1M
1952American Tower ›
MA
—$3.1M
1953Anthropic ›
CA
—$3.1M
1954Dish Network ›
DC
—$3.2M
1955Emd Serono ›
DC
◆ $10K$3.2M
1956Nexstar Media ›
IL
—$3.2M
1957University Of California ›
DC
—$3.2M
1958Blackrock Funds ›
PA
◆ $68K$3.2M
1959National Restaurant Association ›
DC
◆ $70K$3.3M
1960Applied Materials ›
CA
—$3.3M
1961Alibaba ›—$3.4M
1962Uber Technologies ›
CA
—$3.4M
1963Afl-cio ›
DC
◆ $10K$3.4M
1964Association Of Equipment Manufacturers ›
DC
—$3.4M
1965Intel ›
DC
◆ $3K$3.5M
1966A16z Capital Management Llc (F/K/A Ah Capital Management L.l.c.) ›
CA
—$3.5M
1967Hp ›
CA
—$3.6M
1968Procter And Gamble ›
OH
—$3.6M
1969Sap America ›
DC
◆ $5K$3.6M
1970International Business Machines Corporation (Ibm) ›
NY
—$3.6M
1971Nationwide Mutual Insurance ›
OH
◆ $9K$3.6M
1972National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca) ›
VA
—$3.7M
1973Siemens ›
DC
◆ $6K$3.8M
1974American Honda Motor ›—$3.8M
1975Cisco ›
DC
◆ $35K$3.8M
1976Coinbase ›
CA
—$3.8M
1977Intuit ›
DC
—$3.9M
1978Ford Motor ›
DC
—$3.9M
1979Micron Technology ›
ID
◆ $3K$3.9M
1980Csx ›
FL
—$4.0M
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