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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
481University Of Kentucky
KY
$568K
482Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field Llp On Behalf Of Tp-link
DC
$560K
483Anthropic Pbc
CA
$560K
484Filecoin Foundation
DE
$560K
485Government Employees Insurance
MD
$560K
486Technology Ceo Council
DC
$560K
487Cook
VA
$560K
488Cgi Federal
VA
$550K
489Samsung Electronics America
DC
$20K$550K
490Tegna
VA
$550K
491University Of Texas At Austin
TX
$550K
492Vlsi Technology
IL
$550K
493Meta Platforms Inc (Formerly Facebook
DC
$545K
494Clearspeed
CA
$540K
495Nixon Peabody Llp (On Behalf Of Pax Technology Inc. - "Pax Us")
DC
$540K
496Npr
DC
$540K
497Philanthropy Roundtable
DC
$540K
498Purdue University
IN
$540K
499Tata America
NY
$540K
500University Of Wisconsin-madison
WI
$540K
501Wabtec
PA
$540K
502Association Of American Universities
DC
$530K
503Syracuse University
NY
$530K
504Fiber Broadband Association
DC
$525K
505Digital Chamber (Formerly Known As Chamber Of Digital Commerce)
DC
$521K
506Bavarian Nordic
DC
$520K
507Rice University
TX
$520K
508Gobrands
PA
$510K
509Grubhub
NY
$510K
510Interactive Advertising Bureau
NY
$510K
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