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Money in politics

Lobbying

3,438 companies · $1.8B · 258 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 ↓
1State Of Loc Nation Global Public Benefit ›
DE
—$80M
2Chamber Of Commerce ›
DC
—$70M
3Pharmaceutical Research And Manufacturers Of America ›
DC
◆ $40K$38M
4Meta ›
CA
—$26M
5General Motors ›
DC
◆ $80K$20M
6American Chemistry Council ›
DC
◆ $71K$19M
7Ctia - The Wireless Association ›
DC
◆ $53K$19M
8Amazon ›
DC
◆ $134K$18M
9Lockheed Martin ›
MD
◆ $295K$16M
10Rtx ›
VA
—$14M
11Ncta - The Internet & Television Association ›
WA
◆ $20K$14M
12General Dynamics ›
VA
◆ $378K$13M
13Google ›
DC
—$13M
14Comcast ›
DC
◆ $28K$13M
15Fedex ›
DC
◆ $30K$13M
16Altria ›
VA
—$12M
17Boeing ›
IL
◆ $478K$11M
18Occidental Petroleum ›
DC
◆ $12K$11M
19T-mobile ›
WA
◆ $97K$11M
20Visa ›
CA
◆ $28K$11M
21Southern ›
AL
◆ $10K$11M
22Charter Communications ›
CT
◆ $431K$10M
23Honeywell ›
DC
—$10M
24Edison Electric Institute ›
DC
—$9.4M
25Microsoft ›
DC
◆ $2K$9.4M
26Koch Government Affairs ›
KS
—$9.3M
27Oracle ›
TX
—$9.2M
28American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ›
DC
—$9.1M
29Duke Energy ›
NC
◆ $189K$8.7M
30Nextera Energy ›
DC
◆ $83K$8.5M
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