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Money in politics

Lobbying

7,718 companies · $3.4B · 487 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 Otherclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend ↓
31Southern ›
AL
◆ $10K$11M
32Eli Lilly ›
IN
◆ $128K$11M
33Charter Communications ›
CT
◆ $431K$10M
34Genentech ›
CA
◆ $42K$10M
35Apple ›
CA
—$10M
36Honeywell ›
DC
—$10M
37National Retail Federation ›
DC
—$10M
38Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries) ›
DC
◆ $108K$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
◆ $31K$9.2M
44American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ›
DC
—$9.1M
45Nfib (National Federation Of Independent Business) ›
DC
—$8.8M
46Duke Energy ›
NC
◆ $189K$8.7M
47Nextera Energy ›
DC
◆ $83K$8.5M
48Cigna ›
DC
—$8.4M
49Northrop Grumman ›
CA
◆ $479K$8.4M
50Johnson & Johnson ›
DC
◆ $58K$8.4M
51National Association Of Manufacturers ›
DC
—$8.2M
52Chevron ›
DC
—$8.0M
53Phillips 66 ›
TX
◆ $161K$7.9M
54National Multifamily Housing Council ›
DC
—$7.9M
55Gilead Sciences ›
CA
◆ $2K$7.8M
56Walmart ›
DC
—$7.8M
57Alliance For Automotive Innovation ›
DC
—$7.8M
58American Petroleum Institute ›
DC
◆ $16K$7.8M
59Novartis ›
DC
◆ $48K$7.8M
60General Atomics ›
DC
◆ $259K$7.7M
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