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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
181American College Of Emergency Physicians
DC
$1.8M
182Edison
CA
$127K$1.8M
183Honeywell
NC
$477K$1.8M
184Am General
VA
$40K$1.8M
185Epirus
CA
$1.8M
186American Federation Of Teachers
DC
$1.8M
187Illumina
CA
$1.7M
188Equinix
CA
$1.7M
189Sas Institute
VA
$1.7M
190Cme
DC
$1.7M
191Global Medical Response
TX
$1.6M
192Reinsurance Assn Of America
DC
$1.6M
193National Grid
MA
$1.6M
194Phlow
VA
$1.6M
195Nuclear Energy Institute
DC
$1.6M
196Secure Identity Llc (D-b-a Clear)
NY
$1.6M
197American Fed Of Government Employees Afl-cio
DC
$1.5M
198Americans For Prosperity
VA
$1.5M
199Charter Communications Operating
DC
$1.5M
200Viasat
DC
$1.5M
201Americans For Responsible Innovation
DC
$1.5M
202Airlines For America
DC
$1.5M
203American Speech-language-hearing Association
MD
$10K$1.5M
204Oshkosh
WI
$5K$1.5M
205Southwest Airlines
TX
$1.5M
206Axon Enterprise
AZ
$1.5M
207Anti-defamation League
NY
$1.5M
208Smith & Nephew
DC
$1.5M
209Volvo Group North America
DC
$1.5M
210Experian North America
DC
$10K$1.5M
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