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Money in politics

Lobbying

2,066 companies · $1.8B · 133 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 Tech & Telecomclear 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
$38M
4Business Roundtable
DC
$34M
5Meta
CA
$26M
6Aarp
DC
$21M
7General Motors
DC
$83K$20M
8Ctia - The Wireless Association
DC
$20K$19M
9Amazon
DC
$13K$18M
10Lockheed Martin
MD
$194K$16M
11Rtx
VA
$14M
12Ncta - The Internet & Television Association
WA
$30K$14M
13Amgen
DC
$30K$13M
14Google
DC
$13M
15Comcast
DC
$13M
16Fedex
DC
$66K$13M
17Pfizer $13M
18Altria
VA
$12M
19Verizon Communications
NY
$12M
20National Association Of Broadcasters
DC
$201K$11M
21T-mobile
WA
$72K$11M
22Merck
DC
$55K$11M
23Visa
CA
$11M
24Southern
AL
$5K$11M
25Eli Lilly
IN
$30K$11M
26Charter Communications
CT
$399K$10M
27Genentech
CA
$10M
28Apple
CA
$10M
29AT&T
DC
$10M
30Honeywell
DC
$477K$10M
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