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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 ↑
2011Palantir Technologies ›
CO
◆ $5K$6.0M
2012Paramount Skydance ›
DC
—$6.2M
2013Sanofi ›
NJ
◆ $16K$6.3M
2014Toyota Motor North America Inc (Tma) ›
DC
◆ $125K$6.4M
2015Qualcomm ›
CA
◆ $5K$6.5M
2016Novo Nordisk ›
DC
◆ $55K$7.2M
2017American Bankers Association ›
DC
◆ $749K$7.6M
2018Pacific Gas And Electric ›
DC
—$7.7M
2019Novartis ›
DC
◆ $48K$7.8M
2020Walmart ›
DC
—$7.8M
2021Gilead Sciences ›
CA
◆ $2K$7.8M
2022National Multifamily Housing Council ›
DC
—$7.9M
2023Recording Industry Association Of America ›
DC
◆ $750$7.9M
2024National Association Of Manufacturers ›
DC
—$8.2M
2025Bytedance ›
CA
—$8.3M
2026Johnson & Johnson ›
DC
◆ $58K$8.4M
2027Northrop Grumman ›
CA
◆ $479K$8.4M
2028Nextera Energy ›
DC
◆ $83K$8.5M
2029Duke Energy ›
NC
◆ $189K$8.7M
2030Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Report) ›
DC
◆ $31K$9.2M
2031Oracle ›
TX
—$9.2M
2032Microsoft ›
DC
◆ $2K$9.4M
2033Edison Electric Institute ›
DC
—$9.4M
2034Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries) ›
DC
◆ $108K$9.7M
2035Bristol-myers Squibb ›
DC
◆ $28K$10M
2036National Retail Federation ›
DC
—$10M
2037Honeywell ›
DC
—$10M
2038AT&T ›
DC
◆ $6K$10M
2039Apple ›
CA
—$10M
2040Genentech ›
CA
◆ $42K$10M
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