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Money in politics

Lobbying

2,066 companies · $1.8B · 133 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
31National Retail Federation
DC
$10M
32Bristol-myers Squibb
DC
$8K$10M
33Cvs Health (And Subsidiaries)
DC
$30K$9.7M
34Edison Electric Institute
DC
$9.4M
35Microsoft
DC
$2K$9.4M
36Oracle
TX
$9.2M
37Bayer Corporation (Consolidated Report)
DC
$9.2M
38Duke Energy
NC
$70K$8.7M
39Nextera Energy
DC
$10K$8.5M
40Northrop Grumman
CA
$365K$8.4M
41Johnson & Johnson
DC
$8.4M
42Bytedance
CA
$8.3M
43National Association Of Manufacturers
DC
$8.2M
44Recording Industry Association Of America
DC
$7.9M
45National Multifamily Housing Council
DC
$553K$7.9M
46Gilead Sciences
CA
$2K$7.8M
47Walmart
DC
$7.8M
48Novartis
DC
$7.8M
49Pacific Gas And Electric
DC
$7.7M
50American Bankers Association
DC
$721K$7.6M
51Novo Nordisk
DC
$10K$7.2M
52Qualcomm
CA
$15K$6.5M
53Toyota Motor North America Inc (Tma)
DC
$90K$6.4M
54Sanofi
NJ
$6.3M
55Paramount Skydance
DC
$6.2M
56Palantir Technologies
CO
$6.0M
57American Association For Justice
DC
$661K$5.9M
58Sk Americas
NY
$5.8M
59Entertainment Software Association
DC
$1K$5.8M
60Samsung Electronics America
DC
$20K$5.7M
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