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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
451Transport Workers Union Of America Afl-cio
DC
$640K
452Competitive Carriers Association
DC
$630K
453Texas A&m University System
TX
$630K
454Liberty Media
CO
$620K
455Mercari
CA
$620K
456Sas Institute
NC
$620K
457Fund For A Better Future
CA
$610K
458Verizon
DC
$610K
459Worldpay
OH
$610K
460Amazon Web
DC
$600K
461Fortinet
CA
$600K
462National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
VA
$600K
463OpenAI
CA
$600K
464Stanford University
CA
$600K
465Tsmc Arizona
AZ
$600K
466X-bow Launch Systems Inc. Dba X-bow
NM
$600K
467International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers
DC
$410K$595K
468Coalition Of Epscor States
DC
$590K
469General Motors
DC
$83K$590K
470Kairos Power
CA
$590K
471Lg Electronics
DC
$590K
472Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
CA
$586K
473Ibm
NY
$580K
474Southwest Research Institute
TX
$580K
475Tokyo Electron
TX
$580K
476Aurora Innovation
CA
$570K
477Axiom Space
TX
$570K
478Council For Citizens Against Government Waste
DC
$6$570K
479Gray Media
GA
$570K
480Tnc (Us)
NY
$570K
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