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Money in politics

Lobbying

17,985 companies · $5.6B · 982 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.

#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
61Recording Industry Association Of America
DC
$750$7.9M
62Phillips 66
TX
$161K$7.9M
63National Multifamily Housing Council
DC
$7.9M
64Gilead Sciences
CA
$2K$7.8M
65Walmart
DC
$7.8M
66Alliance For Automotive Innovation
DC
$7.8M
67American Petroleum Institute
DC
$16K$7.8M
68Novartis
DC
$48K$7.8M
69General Atomics
DC
$259K$7.7M
70Pacific Gas And Electric
DC
$7.7M
71American Bankers Association
DC
$749K$7.6M
72Elevance Health
IN
$377K$7.5M
73American Council Of Life Insurers
DC
$45K$7.3M
74Rai
DC
$7.3M
75Conocophillips
TX
$7.2M
76Novo Nordisk
DC
$55K$7.2M
77National Shooting Sports Foundation
CT
$58K$7.0M
78Consumer Brands Association (Pka: Grocery Manufacturers Association)
VA
$6.9M
79Pmi Us Corporate Services Inc. (Fka Pmi Global Services Inc.)
DC
$6.9M
80Archer Daniels Midland
DC
$6.8M
81Exxon Mobil
DC
$112K$6.7M
82Capital One Financial
VA
$90K$6.7M
83Qualcomm
CA
$5K$6.5M
84National Association Of Children's Hospitals (N.a.c.h.)
DC
$6.5M
85Toyota Motor North America Inc (Tma)
DC
$125K$6.4M
86Ups (United Parcel Service)
DC
$6.3M
87Sanofi
NJ
$16K$6.3M
88Nareit
DC
$6.3M
89Aflac
GA
$208K$6.2M
90Paramount Skydance
DC
$6.2M
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