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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
1981San Diego State University Research Foundation
CA
$120K
1982Sapa Transmission
MI
$120K
1983Scaled Agile
CO
$120K
1984Sceye
NM
$120K
1985Schwan's
MN
$10K$120K
1986Science Application
VA
$120K
1987Scout Ai
CA
$120K
1988Seaspan - Vancouver Shipyards
BC
$120K
1989Sentrillion
VA
$120K
1990Shift5
VA
$120K
1991Shine Technologies (Fka Phoenix Llc)
WI
$120K
1992Simplesense
NY
$120K
1993Skysafe
CA
$120K
1994Smart Shooter
VA
$120K
1995Smt
CT
$120K
1996Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics
PA
$120K
1997Solstice Advanced Materials
NJ
$120K
1998South 8 Technologies
CA
$120K
1999South Texas Military Task Force
TX
$120K
2000Southern Maryland Navy Alliance
MD
$120K
2001Spartan Sealift
WA
$120K
2002Sparton
FL
$120K
2003St. Landry Parish
LA
$120K
2004State Of Hawaii Department Of Transportation
HI
$120K
2005State Of South Dakota (Office Of The Governor)
SD
$120K
2006Steel Founders' Society Of America
IL
$120K
2007Str
MA
$120K
2008Strategic Alliance Consulting
VA
$120K
2009Strategic Technology Consulting
VA
$120K
2010Surf Air
CA
$120K
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