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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 ↓
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
◆ $30K$550K
490Tegna ›
VA
—$550K
491University Of Texas At Austin ›
TX
—$550K
492Vlsi Technology ›
IL
—$550K
493Meta Platforms Inc (Formerly Facebook ›
DC
◆ $20K$545K
494Clearspeed ›
CA
—$540K
495Nixon Peabody Llp (On Behalf Of Pax Technology Inc. - "Pax Us") ›
DC
◆ $5K$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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