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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
421University Of Michigan
MI
$670K
422W. L. Gore & Associates
DE
$670K
423Hanwha Aerospace
VA
$660K
424Tunica Biloxi Tribe Of Louisiana
LA
$660K
425Teco Holdings Inc. Formerly Known As Energy
DC
$653K
426Caci
VA
$10K$650K
427Kropp
MD
$650K
428Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation Broadband Group)
DC
$640K
429Transport Workers Union Of America Afl-cio
DC
$640K
430Koch Government Affairs Llc (Fka Koch Companies Public Sector Llc)
KS
$630K
431Mcwane
AL
$630K
432Orano Usa Llc (Formerly Known As Areva Nuclear Materials Llc)
MD
$630K
433Texas A&m University System
TX
$630K
434Hidden Level
NY
$624K
435Defense Credit Union Council
DC
$620K
436Liberty Media
CO
$620K
437Merlin Labs
MA
$620K
438California Forever
CA
$610K
439Howmet Aerospace Inc Formally Known As Arconic
PA
$610K
440Verizon
DC
$610K
441Amazon Web
DC
$600K
442Consolidated Edison Company Of New York
NY
$600K
443Geo
FL
$600K
444Martin's Point Healthcare
FL
$600K
445Materion Brush
OH
$600K
446Parker Meggitt
DC
$600K
447Ppl
DC
$600K
448Solugen
TX
$600K
449X-bow Launch Systems Inc. Dba X-bow
NM
$600K
450Daikin
NY
$597K
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