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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
331Business Roundtable
DC
$870K
332Arconic
PA
$863K
333Fujifilm Holdings America
NY
$863K
334Elbit Systems Of America
TX
$10K$860K
335Idemia Identity & Security
VA
$860K
336Milliken
SC
$860K
337Home Depot
DC
$526K$860K
338Shift5
VA
$850K
339Feeding America
DC
$847K
340Air Line Pilots Association
DC
$429K$840K
341Battelle Memorial Institute
OH
$840K
342Carnival Corporation (Fka Carnival North America Llc)
VA
$840K
343Delta Air Lines
DC
$275K$840K
344Hawkeye 360
VA
$840K
345Innovas Indiana
IN
$840K
346Vantor Parent
CO
$840K
347Vast Inc. (Fka Vast Space Llc)
DC
$840K
348Astranis
CA
$835K
349Austal
DC
$824K
350Jewish Federations Of North America
NY
$817K
351Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
NY
$810K
352International Association Of Fire Fighters
DC
$808K
353Fincantieri Marine
WI
$800K
354National Roofing Contractors Association
IL
$800K
355Ochsner Clinic Foundation
LA
$800K
356Peraton
VA
$30K$800K
357Transamerica Companies
DC
$800K
358Centerpoint Energy
IN
$790K
359Fdd Action
DC
$790K
360Food Solutions Action
DC
$790K
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