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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 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 Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
271Cornell University
NY
$1.1M
272Airbnb
CA
$1.1M
273General Catalyst Group Management
MA
$1.1M
274Leonardo Drs
VA
$1.1M
275Schneider Electric
MA
$1.1M
276American Financial Services Association
DC
$30K$1.1M
277Crowdstrike
CA
$1.1M
278Ge Aerospace
DC
$1.1M
279Pinnacle West Capital
DC
$60K$1.1M
280American Psychiatric Association
DC
$10K$1.0M
281Crowley Maritime
FL
$1.0M
282Planet Labs Pbc
CA
$1.0M
283Rocket Lab
CA
$1.0M
284Sierra Nevada
NV
$30K$1.0M
285Syensqo
TX
$1.0M
286Google
CA
$1.0M
287Duke University
NC
$1.0M
288Northeastern University
MA
$1.0M
289Leidos
DC
$110K$1.0M
290Wec Energy
WI
$1.0M
291Fiserv (Fka First Data Corporation)
DC
$990K
292Six Continents Hotels
GA
$990K
293T1 Energy
GA
$990K
294American Land Title Association
DC
$980K
295University Of Colorado
CO
$966K
296Eaton
OH
$965K
297Stride
VA
$960K
298General Aviation Manufacturers Association
DC
$955K
299Ae Industrial Partners
DC
$950K
300Harvard University--president And Fellows Of Harvard College
MA
$950K
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