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Money in politics

Lobbying

4,349 companies · $3.3B · 583 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
◆ $97K$11M
32Merck ›
DC
◆ $56K$11M
33Visa ›
CA
◆ $28K$11M
34Southern ›
AL
◆ $10K$11M
35Eli Lilly ›
IN
◆ $128K$11M
36Charter Communications ›
CT
◆ $431K$10M
37Genentech ›
CA
◆ $42K$10M
38Apple ›
CA
—$10M
39AT&T ›
DC
◆ $6K$10M
40Honeywell ›
DC
—$10M
41National Retail Federation ›
DC
—$10M
42Bristol-myers Squibb ›
DC
◆ $28K$10M
43Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries) ›
DC
◆ $108K$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
◆ $31K$9.2M
49American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ›
DC
—$9.1M
50Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association ›
DC
◆ $40K$9.0M
51Nfib (National Federation Of Independent Business) ›
DC
—$8.8M
52Duke Energy ›
NC
◆ $189K$8.7M
53Nextera Energy ›
DC
◆ $83K$8.5M
54Northrop Grumman ›
CA
◆ $479K$8.4M
55Johnson & Johnson ›
DC
◆ $58K$8.4M
56National Association Of Manufacturers ›
DC
—$8.2M
57Chevron ›
DC
—$8.0M
58Phillips 66 ›
TX
◆ $161K$7.9M
59National Multifamily Housing Council ›
DC
—$7.9M
60Gilead Sciences ›
CA
◆ $2K$7.8M
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