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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
91American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
DC
$6.2M
92Constellation Energy Generation
PA
$6.1M
93Palantir Technologies
CO
$5K$6.0M
94Shell Usa Inc. (Fka Shell Oil Company)
DC
$6.0M
95Delta Air Lines
DC
$159K$6.0M
96American Association For Justice
DC
$895K$5.9M
97Textron
DC
$36K$5.9M
98American Property Casualty Insurance Association
DC
$51K$5.8M
99United Airlines
IL
$4K$5.8M
100Sk Americas
NY
$5.8M
101Entertainment Software Association
DC
$1K$5.8M
102Samsung Electronics America
DC
$30K$5.7M
103Independent Community Bankers Of America
DC
$33K$5.7M
104Dell Technologies
DC
$141K$5.6M
105Biotechnology Innovation Organization
DC
$10K$5.6M
106Abbvie
DC
$49K$5.6M
107Dow Chemical Company Dba Dow
DC
$5.5M
108Aicpa Association Of International Certified Professional Accountants
DC
$5.5M
109National Automobile Dealers Association
DC
$280K$5.5M
110Caterpillar
IL
$48K$5.4M
111Mastercard Worldwide
DC
$5.4M
112Air Transport Association Of America Inc. (D/B/A Airlines For America)
DC
$5.4M
113Anheuser-busch Companies
MO
$7K$5.4M
114Citigroup Washington
DC
$5.4M
115Association Of American Railroads
DC
$5.4M
116Real Estate Roundtable
DC
$23K$5.2M
117Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals
DE
$5.1M
118American Clean Power Association
DC
$5.0M
119Managed Funds Association
DC
$68K$5.0M
120Nature Conservancy
VA
$5.0M
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