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Money in politics

Lobbying

2,066 companies · $1.8B · 206 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
◆ $20K$720K
428Travel Tech: The Travel Technology Association ›
VA
—$718K
429Recording Academy ›
CA
—$713K
430Hewlett Packard Enterprise ›
DC
◆ $10K$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
◆ $28K$680K
440Nokia Of America ›
DC
—$680K
441T-mobile ›
DC
◆ $97K$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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