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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
361Agricultural Retailers Association
VA
$780K
362Bitdeer Technologies $780K
363Ligado Networks
VA
$780K
364Ste North America Inc. (Formerly St Engineering North America Inc.)
VA
$780K
365American Lung Association
DC
$773K
366Elusys Therapeutics Inc Fka Nighthawk Biosciences
NC
$770K
367Hexcel
CT
$770K
368Metropolitan Water District Of Southern California
DC
$770K
369Trellix (Formerly Musaruba Us Llc)
VA
$770K
370Human Rights Campaign
DC
$11K$770K
371American Legion
IN
$760K
372Jacobs Solutions
DC
$8K$760K
373Onebrief
HI
$760K
374J Street
DC
$750K
375Pwc Us Group Llp (Fka Pricewaterhousecoopers)
DC
$750K
376University Of Notre Dame
DC
$750K
377C3.ai
CA
$745K
378United Negro College Fund
DC
$741K
379Allen Control
TX
$740K
380Dupont De Nemours
DC
$740K
381General Dynamics
VA
$318K$740K
382Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association (Sifma)
DC
$20K$740K
383Society Of Thoracic Surgeons
DC
$737K
384Astranis Space Technologies
CA
$735K
385Parker Hannifin
OH
$730K
386Skywater Technology Foundry
MN
$730K
387South Coast Air Quality Management District
CA
$723K
388Ameresco
MA
$720K
389American Counseling Association
VA
$720K
390Canadian National Railway
DC
$720K
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