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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
301National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
VA
$1.1M
302Puget Sound Energy
WA
$1K$1.1M
303Soundexchange
DC
$1.1M
304Cornell University
NY
$1.1M
305Airbnb
CA
$1.1M
306General Catalyst Group Management
MA
$1.1M
307American Public Power Association
VA
$1.1M
308Schneider Electric
MA
$1.1M
309Ge Vernova
DC
$1.1M
310American Financial Services Association
DC
$30K$1.1M
311American Cable Association Inc. Dba Acaconnects
PA
$1.1M
312Crowdstrike
CA
$1.1M
313Emory University
GA
$1.1M
314Ge Aerospace
DC
$1.1M
315Pinnacle West Capital
DC
$60K$1.1M
316Duke Energy Business
DC
$1.1M
317Whirlpool
DC
$1.1M
318Planet Labs Pbc
CA
$1.0M
319Tp-link Systems Inc. (Fka Tp-link Global Inc.)
CA
$1.0M
320Google
CA
$1.0M
321Snap
DC
$1.0M
322Washington University In St. Louis
MO
$1.0M
323Duke University
NC
$1.0M
324Ameren
DC
$58K$1.0M
325Northeastern University
MA
$1.0M
326Leidos
DC
$110K$1.0M
327Los Angeles Organizing Committee For The Olympic And Paralympic Games 2028
CA
$1.0M
328Walt Disney
DC
$1.0M
329Wec Energy
WI
$1.0M
330Etsy
NY
$990K
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