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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
421Princeton University
DC
$720K
422Radiance Technologies
AL
$720K
423Softbank $720K
424Ulse Inc. D/B/A Ul Standards & Engagement
IL
$720K
425X Corp. (Formerly Twitter Inc.)
DC
$720K
426Yahoo
VA
$720K
427Zimmer Biomet
DC
$9K$720K
428Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association
VA
$718K
429Recording Academy
CA
$713K
430Hewlett Packard Enterprise
DC
$40K$710K
431International Code Council (Icc)
DC
$710K
432Taylor Fresh Foods
CA
$710K
433Teradyne
MA
$710K
434Pennsylvania State University
PA
$700K
435Nexstar Media
TX
$690K
436Jma Wireless
NY
$685K
437University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
NC
$685K
438Ocean Conservancy
DC
$681K
439Bristol Myers Squibb
DC
$8K$680K
440Nokia Of America
DC
$680K
441T-mobile
DC
$72K$680K
442Cerberus Capital Management
NY
$675K
443University Of Michigan
MI
$670K
444Asme
DC
$668K
445Intellectual Keystone Technology
DE
$660K
446Outdoor Advertising Association Of America
DC
$656K
447Terrapower
WA
$645K
448Amazon Corporate
DC
$640K
449Ciena Corporation (Formerly Ciena Corporation Broadband Group)
DC
$640K
450Samsung Semiconductor
CA
$640K
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