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Money in politics

Lobbying

7,718 companies · $3.4B · 317 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.

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#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
31Southern
AL
$5K$11M
32Eli Lilly
IN
$30K$11M
33Charter Communications
CT
$399K$10M
34Genentech
CA
$10M
35Apple
CA
$10M
36Honeywell
DC
$477K$10M
37National Retail Federation
DC
$10M
38Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries)
DC
$30K$9.7M
39Edison Electric Institute
DC
$9.4M
40Microsoft
DC
$2K$9.4M
41Koch Government Affairs
KS
$9.3M
42Oracle
TX
$9.2M
43Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Report)
DC
$9.2M
44American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network
DC
$9.1M
45Nfib (National Federation Of Independent Business)
DC
$8.8M
46Duke Energy
NC
$70K$8.7M
47Nextera Energy
DC
$10K$8.5M
48Cigna
DC
$8.4M
49Northrop Grumman
CA
$365K$8.4M
50Johnson & Johnson
DC
$8.4M
51National Association Of Manufacturers
DC
$8.2M
52Chevron
DC
$8.0M
53Phillips 66
TX
$205K$7.9M
54National Multifamily Housing Council
DC
$553K$7.9M
55Gilead Sciences
CA
$2K$7.8M
56Walmart
DC
$7.8M
57Alliance For Automotive Innovation
DC
$7.8M
58American Petroleum Institute
DC
$8K$7.8M
59Novartis
DC
$7.8M
60General Atomics
DC
$140K$7.7M
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