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Money in politics

Lobbying

4,349 companies · $3.3B · 382 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 Banking & Financialclear sector
#CompanySectorsPAC donationsLobbying spend
241Nasdaq
NY
$2.8M
242Carrier Global
FL
$2.8M
243American Forest & Paper Association
DC
$20K$2.8M
244Pwc
DC
$2.8M
245National Venture Capital Association
DC
$2.8M
246American Academy Of Dermatology Association
DC
$101K$2.8M
247Nissan North America
TN
$2.8M
248Alcoa
DC
$2.8M
249Thermo Fisher Scientific
MA
$60K$2.8M
250Walgreen
DC
$2.8M
251Ascension Health Alliance D/B/A Ascension
MO
$2.7M
252Bank Policy Institute
DC
$2.7M
253American Dental Association
DC
$140K$2.7M
254National Mining Association
DC
$2.7M
255Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company & Affiliates
DC
$2.7M
256Motion Picture Association
DC
$2.7M
257Wells Fargo
MN
$2.7M
258Albertsons Companies
IL
$16K$2.7M
259Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Tsmc)
DC
$2.7M
260Entergy
DC
$97K$2.7M
261General Dynamics
VA
$318K$2.7M
262Cardinal Health
OH
$10K$2.6M
263American Trucking Associations
VA
$2.6M
264Cheniere Energy
DC
$66K$2.6M
265National Education Association
DC
$2.6M
266Ernst & Young Llp (Washington Council Ernst & Young)
DC
$183K$2.6M
267State Street Bank
MA
$2.6M
268Invenergy
IL
$2.6M
269Nike
OR
$30K$2.6M
270Universal Music
DC
$5K$2.5M
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