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Money in politics

Lobbying

4,349 companies · $3.3B · 382 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 Banking & Financialclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
31T-mobile
WA
$72K$11M
32Merck
DC
$55K$11M
33Visa
CA
$11M
34Southern
AL
$5K$11M
35Eli Lilly
IN
$30K$11M
36Charter Communications
CT
$399K$10M
37Genentech
CA
$10M
38Apple
CA
$10M
39AT&T
DC
$10M
40Honeywell
DC
$477K$10M
41National Retail Federation
DC
$10M
42Bristol-myers Squibb
DC
$8K$10M
43Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries)
DC
$30K$9.7M
44Edison Electric Institute
DC
$9.4M
45Microsoft
DC
$2K$9.4M
46Koch Government Affairs
KS
$9.3M
47Oracle
TX
$9.2M
48Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Report)
DC
$9.2M
49American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
DC
$9.1M
50Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association
DC
$20K$9.0M
51Nfib (National Federation Of Independent Business)
DC
$8.8M
52Duke Energy
NC
$70K$8.7M
53Nextera Energy
DC
$10K$8.5M
54Northrop Grumman
CA
$365K$8.4M
55Johnson & Johnson
DC
$8.4M
56National Association Of Manufacturers
DC
$8.2M
57Chevron
DC
$8.0M
58Phillips 66
TX
$205K$7.9M
59National Multifamily Housing Council
DC
$553K$7.9M
60Gilead Sciences
CA
$2K$7.8M
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