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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
2011Palantir Technologies
CO
$6.0M
2012Paramount Skydance
DC
$6.2M
2013Sanofi
NJ
$6.3M
2014Toyota Motor North America Inc (Tma)
DC
$90K$6.4M
2015Qualcomm
CA
$15K$6.5M
2016Novo Nordisk
DC
$10K$7.2M
2017American Bankers Association
DC
$721K$7.6M
2018Pacific Gas And Electric
DC
$7.7M
2019Novartis
DC
$7.8M
2020Walmart
DC
$7.8M
2021Gilead Sciences
CA
$2K$7.8M
2022National Multifamily Housing Council
DC
$553K$7.9M
2023Recording Industry Association Of America
DC
$7.9M
2024National Association Of Manufacturers
DC
$8.2M
2025Bytedance
CA
$8.3M
2026Johnson & Johnson
DC
$8.4M
2027Northrop Grumman
CA
$365K$8.4M
2028Nextera Energy
DC
$10K$8.5M
2029Duke Energy
NC
$70K$8.7M
2030Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Report)
DC
$9.2M
2031Oracle
TX
$9.2M
2032Microsoft
DC
$2K$9.4M
2033Edison Electric Institute
DC
$9.4M
2034Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries)
DC
$30K$9.7M
2035Bristol-myers Squibb
DC
$8K$10M
2036National Retail Federation
DC
$10M
2037Honeywell
DC
$477K$10M
2038AT&T
DC
$10M
2039Apple
CA
$10M
2040Genentech
CA
$10M
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