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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 171 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 Defense & Aerospaceclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
61Lyondell Chemical
TX
$4.7M
62Medtronic
MN
$4.7M
63Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
CA
$4.5M
64Humana
KY
$10K$4.5M
65Credit Union National Association Inc. Dba America's Credit Unions
DC
$4.5M
66Morgan Stanley
DC
$40K$4.5M
67Ebay
DC
$4.4M
68Jpmorgan Chase
NY
$6K$4.4M
69Iheartmedia
DC
$25K$4.3M
70Bae
VA
$4.2M
71Southern Poverty Law Center
AL
$4.2M
72General Electric Company (Including Subsidiaries)
DC
$4.1M
73Consumer Technology Association
VA
$38K$4.1M
74Takeda Pharmaceuticals America
IL
$20K$4.0M
75Friends Committee On National Legislation
DC
$4.0M
76American Association Of Airport Executives
VA
$4.0M
77Cencora
PA
$3.8M
78Cisco
DC
$3.8M
79Siemens
DC
$3.8M
80U.s. Travel Association
DC
$9K$3.8M
81American Israel Public Affairs Committee
DC
$4.3M$3.8M
82Otsuka America Pharmaceutical
MD
$9K$3.7M
83Union Pacific
DC
$3.7M
84National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca)
VA
$3.7M
85International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers
MD
$3.6M
86International Business Machines Corporation (Ibm)
NY
$3.6M
87Sap America
DC
$3.6M
88Hp
CA
$3.6M
89A16z Capital Management Llc (F/K/A Ah Capital Management L.l.c.)
CA
$3.5M
90Intel
DC
$3.5M
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