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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
1381Smiths Detection
DC
$180K
1382Solugen
TX
$180K
1383Systematic
VA
$180K
1384Taylor Defense Products
MS
$180K
1385Tenax Aerospace
MS
$180K
1386Friedkin
TX
$180K
1387U.s. Battery Machine Builders
DC
$180K
1388University Of Arizona
AZ
$180K
1389University Of Louisiana At Lafayette Foundation
LA
$180K
1390Us Marine Management
VA
$180K
1391Us Vanadium
AR
$180K
1392V2x Inc. (Formerly Known As Vertex Aerospace)
MS
$180K
1393Valley Presbyterian Hospital
CA
$180K
1394Vantor Holdings Inc. (Formerly Maxar Intelligence)
CO
$180K
1395Virta Health
CO
$180K
1396Weapons And Tactics Alliance
FL
$180K
1397Wisconsin Hospital Association
WI
$180K
1398X-bow Launch
NM
$180K
1399Xerion Advanced Battery
OH
$180K
1400Aml Rightsource
OH
$175K
1401Bipartisan Commission On Biodefense
DC
$175K
1402Redshred
MD
$175K
1403City Of Tucson
TX
$170K
1404Advanced Technology
VA
$170K
1405Agile Space Industries
CO
$170K
1406Biostl
MO
$170K
1407Brighton Marine
MA
$170K
1408Cerion
NY
$170K
1409Children's Hospital Colorado
CO
$170K
1410Commercial Drone Alliance
DC
$170K
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