Connect PAC spending and lobbying activity to real legislative outcomes. Explore 3,735+ lobbied bills, committee chokepoints, revolving door connections, and the flow of influence through the 119th Congress.
Show me a comprehensive dashboard linking PAC spending and lobbying activity to legislative outcomes in the 119th Congress — which bills attract the most lobbying, where do they bottleneck in committee, and who are the key players?
This dashboard links PAC spending and lobbying activity to legislation by shared policy areas, committee referrals, and explicit bill mentions in lobbying disclosures. These connections show *proximity* and *interest alignment*, not proof that spending influenced outcomes. Legislative decisions are shaped by many factors including constituent pressure, party leadership, ideology, and media coverage.
Reading this data: Spending figures come from quarterly lobbying disclosure filings (LDA). Amounts represent what lobbying clients paid firms, not direct contributions to campaigns. A lobbying client spending $70M may focus on dozens of policy issues simultaneously.
| Lobbying Client | 2025 Spend | Firms | Top Lobbying Firms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. | $70.3M | 1 | Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. |
| National Association of Realtors | $54.1M | 1 | National Association of Realtors |
| PhRMA | $38.1M | 2 | PhRMA, BGR Government Affairs |
| Business Roundtable Inc | $33.5M | 1 | The Business Roundtable, Inc. |
| American Hospital Association | $26.6M | 5 | AHA, Morrison Public Affairs, O'Neill, Athy & Casey |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | $26.3M | 1 | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| American Medical Association | $23.1M | 1 | American Medical Association |
| AARP | $20.9M | 1 | AARP |
| General Motors Company | $19.9M | 2 | General Motors, Washington Tax & Public Policy Group |
| American Chemistry Council | $19.6M | 3 | ACC, OGR, Holland & Knight |
| CTIA—The Wireless Association | $18.9M | 2 | CTIA, Mintz Levin |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | $17.8M | 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC |
| AHIP | $17.2M | 1 | AHIP |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | $15.6M | 2 | Lockheed Martin, Venable LLP |
| NCTA – Internet & Television Assn | $14.2M | 3 | NCTA, Mintz Levin, Avenue Solutions |
| Lobbying Client | 2025 Spend | Firms | Top Lobbying Firms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. | $70.3M | 1 | Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. |
| National Association of Realtors | $54.1M | 1 | National Association of Realtors |
| PhRMA | $38.1M | 2 | PhRMA, BGR Government Affairs |
| Business Roundtable Inc | $33.5M | 1 | The Business Roundtable, Inc. |
| American Hospital Association | $26.6M | 5 | AHA, Morrison Public Affairs, O'Neill, Athy & Casey |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | $26.3M | 1 | Meta Platforms, Inc. |
| American Medical Association | $23.1M | 1 | American Medical Association |
| AARP | $20.9M | 1 | AARP |
| General Motors Company | $19.9M | 2 | General Motors, Washington Tax & Public Policy Group |
| American Chemistry Council | $19.6M | 3 | ACC, OGR, Holland & Knight |
| CTIA—The Wireless Association | $18.9M | 2 | CTIA, Mintz Levin |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | $17.8M | 1 | Amazon.com Services LLC |
| AHIP | $17.2M | 1 | AHIP |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | $15.6M | 2 | Lockheed Martin, Venable LLP |
| NCTA – Internet & Television Assn | $14.2M | 3 | NCTA, Mintz Levin, Avenue Solutions |
Thousands of lobbying firms are actively engaged on congressional legislation, spending hundreds of millions of dollars to shape outcomes. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce alone spent $70.3M in 2025, and over 1,865 lobbying firms are active on budget and appropriations issues alone.
A handful of committees — Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, Finance — concentrate enormous power over the bills that matter most to the most well-funded interests. Senate Finance has the highest pressure ratio at 13.9 lobbied bills per seat, making each member a high-value target for influence.
You can trace a line from lobbying client spending, through lobbying firms, to specific bills, to the committees that control those bills, to the members who sit on those committees, to the PAC money flowing to those members’ campaigns. Correlation is not causation — but proximity is not coincidence either.
Data sources: PoliStack political knowledge graph — Congress.gov, FEC, Senate LDA filings. 119th Congress, 2025 lobbying disclosures.