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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
181American Honda Motor $3.8M
182Siemens
DC
$6K$3.8M
183U.s. Travel Association
DC
$15K$3.8M
184American Israel Public Affairs Committee
DC
$526K$3.8M
185Calpine
TX
$3.7M
186Otsuka America Pharmaceutical
MD
$3.7M
187Union Pacific
DC
$3.7M
188National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca)
VA
$3.7M
189Boehringer Ingelheim
CT
$5K$3.7M
190International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers
MD
$3.6M
191International Business Machines Corporation (Ibm)
NY
$3.6M
192Nationwide Mutual Insurance
OH
$9K$3.6M
193Consumer Bankers Association
DC
$3.6M
194Sap America
DC
$5K$3.6M
195Tobacco-free Kids Action Fund
DC
$3.6M
196Neurocrine Biosciences
CA
$3.6M
197Procter And Gamble
OH
$3.6M
198American Council Of Engineering Companies
DC
$369K$3.6M
199Federation Of American Hospitals
DC
$25K$3.6M
200Hp
CA
$3.6M
201American Beverage Association
DC
$3.5M
202A16z Capital Management Llc (F/K/A Ah Capital Management L.l.c.)
CA
$3.5M
203American Health Care Association
DC
$10K$3.5M
204American Crystal Sugar
MN
$695K$3.5M
205Intel
DC
$3K$3.5M
206Association Of Equipment Manufacturers
DC
$3.4M
207Nippon Steel $3.4M
208Afl-cio
DC
$10K$3.4M
209Airbus Americas
VA
$84K$3.4M
210Sempra
DC
$3.4M
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