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Money in politics

Lobbying

17,985 companies · $5.6B · 982 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.

#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
301Cheniere Energy
DC
$43K$2.6M
302National Apartment Association
VA
$137K$2.6M
303American Clinical Laboratory Assn
DC
$2.6M
304National Education Association
DC
$2.6M
305Croplife America
VA
$10K$2.6M
306Ernst & Young Llp (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
DC
$497K$2.6M
307State Street Bank
MA
$2.6M
308Cambia Health Solutions
DC
$47K$2.6M
309Invenergy
IL
$2.6M
310Nike
OR
$34K$2.6M
311Universal Music
DC
$8K$2.5M
312Korea Zinc $2.5M
313United States Steel
PA
$20K$2.5M
314Phrma
DC
$1K$2.5M
315Basf
NJ
$28K$2.5M
316Gila River Indian Community
AZ
$2.5M
317Teva Pharmaceuticals
NJ
$5K$2.5M
318Cox
DC
$2.5M
319Norfolk Southern
DC
$2.5M
320Geo
FL
$2.5M
321Meta
DC
$20K$2.5M
322Capital Group Companies
DC
$2.5M
323Axon Enterprise
AZ
$5K$2.5M
324Gotion
CA
$2.5M
325Tl Management
NY
$2.5M
326Growth Energy
DC
$105K$2.5M
327Tri-state Generation And Transmission Association
CO
$2.5M
328United States Telecom Assn
DC
$2.5M
329Oklo
CA
$2.4M
330America's Essential Hospitals
DC
$10K$2.4M
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