Lobbying
2,066 companies · $1.8B · 133 also fund a PACCompanies 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
| # | Company | Sectors | PAC donations | Lobbying spend ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Dell Technologies › DC | ◆ $82K | $5.6M | |
| 62 | Biotechnology Innovation Organization › DC | — | $5.6M | |
| 63 | Abbvie › DC | ◆ $55K | $5.6M | |
| 64 | Dow Chemical Company Dba Dow › DC | — | $5.5M | |
| 65 | Caterpillar › IL | ◆ $75K | $5.4M | |
| 66 | Association Of American Railroads › DC | — | $5.4M | |
| 67 | Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals › DE | — | $5.1M | |
| 68 | Fox › DC | — | $5.0M | |
| 69 | Nvidia › CA | — | $5.0M | |
| 70 | Leidos › VA | ◆ $110K | $4.9M | |
| 71 | Advanced Micro Devices › TX | — | $4.8M | |
| 72 | Gsk (Fka Glaxosmithkline Inc.) › DC | — | $4.8M | |
| 73 | Medtronic › MN | — | $4.7M | |
| 74 | Software & Information Industry Association › DC | — | $4.7M | |
| 75 | Disney Worldwide › DC | — | $4.5M | |
| 76 | Ebay › DC | — | $4.4M | |
| 77 | Pepsico › NY | — | $4.4M | |
| 78 | Iheartmedia › DC | ◆ $25K | $4.3M | |
| 79 | Bae › VA | — | $4.2M | |
| 80 | Southern Poverty Law Center › AL | — | $4.2M | |
| 81 | Biogen › DC | — | $4.2M | |
| 82 | General Electric Company (Including Subsidiaries) › DC | — | $4.1M | |
| 83 | Consumer Technology Association › VA | ◆ $38K | $4.1M | |
| 84 | Tencent America › CA | — | $4.0M | |
| 85 | Salesforce › CA | — | $4.0M | |
| 86 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals America › IL | ◆ $20K | $4.0M | |
| 87 | Csx › FL | — | $4.0M | |
| 88 | Micron Technology › ID | — | $3.9M | |
| 89 | Ford Motor › DC | — | $3.9M | |
| 90 | Intuit › DC | — | $3.9M |