Interest Groups
Interest Groups is a data page on the People & Money desk of Glassbox Auditing. The committees that move the most money in U.S. elections, from AIPAC and the national parties to the leadership super PACs and the crypto, AI and big-tech PACs: who funds them, which candidates they back or oppose, and their federal lobbying. Organised money shows which industries are pressing Congress, and on what.
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What is on this page today?
- Oracle America Inc. FKA Oracle Corporation spent $2.89M lobbying in Q3 2026, +25% on a year earlier — issues: BUD, VET, DEF, TEC, CPI, LBR · $2.31M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 2 Nov 2026) ORCL
- Crypto Council for Innovation spent $300,000 lobbying in Q3 2026, +50% on a year earlier — issues: BAN, CDT, FIN, TAX, SCI · $200,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 22 Oct 2026)
- Anthropic Pbc spent $2.11M lobbying in Q3 2026, +109% on a year earlier — issues: BUD, SCI, DEF, CPI, CSP, ENG · $1.01M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 21 Oct 2026)
- Meta Platforms, Inc. spent $5.88M lobbying in Q3 2026, +1% on a year earlier — issues: CPI, BAN, MIA, TEC, CSP, FIN · $5.84M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 21 Oct 2026) META
- Microsoft spent $2.44M lobbying in Q3 2026, +21% on a year earlier — issues: CPI, CPT, IMM, POS, TEC, TRD · $2.02M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 21 Oct 2026) MSFT
- Coinbase, Inc. spent $1.04M lobbying in Q3 2026, +30% on a year earlier — issues: FIN, TAX, TRD, BAN, CDT, CPI · $800,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 21 Oct 2026) COIN
- General Dynamics spent $3.32M lobbying in Q3 2026, +10% on a year earlier — issues: DEF, BUD, MAN, TAR, TAX, VET · $3.01M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) GD
- Apple Inc. spent $3.09M lobbying in Q3 2026, +11% on a year earlier — issues: TAX, TEC, TRD, CPI, LBR, HCR · $2.79M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) AAPL
- Amazon Corporate LLC spent $4.49M lobbying in Q3 2026, +3% on a year earlier — issues: CPI, LBR, TEC, ENG, PHA, TRA · $4.35M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) AMZN
- Lockheed Martin Corporation spent $4.09M lobbying in Q3 2026, -1% on a year earlier — issues: BAN, BUD, DEF, FOR, TAX, NAT · $4.14M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) LMT
- Boeing Company spent $2.7M lobbying in Q3 2026, +5% on a year earlier — issues: AER, AVI, GOV, TAR, DEF, BUD · $2.57M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) BA
- Google Client Services LLC spent $3.23M lobbying in Q3 2026, -10% on a year earlier — issues: CPT, LBR, CSP, SCI, TEC, ENG · $3.57M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) GOOGL
- Palantir Technologies Inc. spent $2.11M lobbying in Q3 2026, +72% on a year earlier — issues: DEF, GOV, SCI, AER, AVI, BUD · $1.23M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) PLTR
- Rtx Corporation and Affiliates spent $2.98M lobbying in Q3 2026, +6% on a year earlier — issues: AER, DEF, BUD, TRD, AVI, TRA · $2.82M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) RTX
- Northrop Grumman Corporation spent $2.19M lobbying in Q3 2026, +41% on a year earlier — issues: DEF, BUD, AER, INT, FOR, SCI · $1.55M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) NOC
- Nvidia spent $2.15M lobbying in Q3 2026, +10% on a year earlier — issues: SCI, TRD, CPI, DEF, ENG, LBR · $1.95M a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) NVDA
- Ripple Labs Inc. spent $460,000 lobbying in Q3 2026, +5% on a year earlier — issues: BAN, FIN, AGR · $440,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026)
- Openai Opco, LLC spent $1.53M lobbying in Q3 2026, +66% on a year earlier — issues: CPI, SCI, CPT, ENG · $920,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026)
- Tesla Inc spent $650,000 lobbying in Q3 2026, +91% on a year earlier — issues: AUT, TRD, ENG, TAX, TRA, BUD · $340,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) TSLA
- Intel Corporation spent $1.07M lobbying in Q3 2026, +10% on a year earlier — issues: BUD, CPT, DEF, MAN, SCI, TAX · $970,000 a year earlier (Lobbying Disclosure Act reports, 20 Oct 2026) INTC
Where does the data come from?
Items on this page come from Lobbying Disclosure Act reports; FEC. Each item links to its own source. All sources, how items are checked.
What does this page lead to?
- AI Law & Enforcement (AI): AI-industry super PACs formed in 2025 spend for and against candidates over how AI should be regulated, the state and federal rules tracked on AI Law & Enforcement. (either way, depending on the cause; election cycle; sector scale) Source: FEC independent expenditures (outside spending).
- Election Outlook (Domestic Intelligence): Outside groups concentrate independent expenditures in close races and primaries, so their spending marks the contests they treat as decisive. (either way, depending on the cause; weeks before a vote; economy scale) Source: FEC independent expenditures (outside spending).
- Alliances & Blocs (World Powers): Foreign-policy groups such as AIPAC lobby Congress on aid and arms sales to allies, and Congress's foreign-assistance votes are where that lobbying meets U.S. alliances. (either way, depending on the cause; years; global scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
- Regulatory Exposure (Companies): The big-tech companies' PACs and lobbying focus heavily on AI and data rules, the same laws whose obligations Regulatory Exposure lists company by company. (either way, depending on the cause; years; company scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
- Lawmaking (Domestic Intelligence): Lobbying reports name the bills and issues each group works on every quarter, so a group's rising lobbying spend points to the bills it is pressing among those counted on Lawmaking. (either way, depending on the cause; quarterly; economy scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
What feeds this page?
- AI Law & Enforcement (AI): Pending AI rules draw lobbying and political spending from developers and their backers, recorded in lda.gov lobbying filings and in FEC data for AI-industry PACs. (moves the same way; months; sector scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
- Law Firms (Companies): Many large law firms are also registered lobbyists; LDA filings name each firm's clients and issues, which can include companies whose dockets it appears on. (moves the same way; months; economy scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
- Regulatory Exposure (Companies): Companies facing new AI rules report lobbying on them; LDA filings list the AI issues and bills each company lobbied on. (moves the same way; months; economy scale) Source: lda.gov Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.
- H-1B & Talent (Immigration): H-1B rules draw heavy lobbying from tech firms, IT-services firms and universities (lda.gov filings), and the companies' PACs also give to the lawmakers who write immigration law. (moves the same way; quarters; sector scale) Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (lda.gov).
- Charity & Political Links (People & Money): Charities may not campaign, but related 501(c)(4) groups can give to super PACs, so the same donors' money can reach politics through both; 990s and FEC reports together trace it. (either way, depending on the cause; election cycle; economy scale) Source: OpenFEC API (itemised contributions, candidate totals, election dates).