Defense / Military-Industrial
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, BAE Systems, and the revolving door between the Pentagon and the contractors.
Tracked PAC receipts
$2,896,793
Tracked PAC giving
$9,314,308
Independent expenditures
$0
LDA lobbying spend
$172,009,475
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $3M into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by HUDSON FOR CONGRESS, FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURN, COMMON GROUND PAC.
IIThose PACs spent $9M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being DSCC, NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUND, DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUND.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including Freedom of Information Act; National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670); Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act.
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Top sector PACs (by tracked giving)
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HUDSON FOR CONGRESSpac | $2M |
| 2 | FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNpac | $1M |
| 3 | COMMON GROUND PACpac | $848K |
| 4 | FORWARD TOGETHER PACpac | $835K |
| 5 | BLUEGRASS COMMITTEEpac | $657K |
| 6 | MOTOR CITY PACpac | $600K |
| 7 | NARRAGANSETT BAY PACpac | $541K |
| 8 | THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $443K |
| 9 | DENALI LEADERSHIP PACpac | $435K |
| 10 | ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSpac | $335K |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC. PACperson | $543K |
| 2 | ACTBLUE TECHNICAL SERVICESpac | $55K |
| 3 | CMTE. FOR HISPANIC CAUSES/BUILDING OUR LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY PAC (BOLD PAC)pac | $50K |
| 4 | American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC)pac | $35K |
| 5 | General Dynamics Corporation PACpac | $31K |
| 6 | Boeing Company PACpac | $28K |
| 7 | Roy Pfautchperson | $27K |
| 8 | SCHNEIDER NATIONAL INC., TRANSPACpac | $25K |
| 9 | WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEperson | $25K |
| 10 | THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $23K |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSCCpac | $2M |
| 2 | NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE-LEGAL FUNDpac | $2M |
| 3 | DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMM. - BLDG FUNDpac | $1M |
| 4 | SENATE LEADERSHIP FUNDpac | $391K |
| 5 | Nrsc Legal Proceedings Fundorganization | $370K |
| 6 | Democratic Governors' Association (Dga)organization | $370K |
| 7 | SMPperson | $100K |
| 8 | Senate Majority PACpac | $100K |
| 9 | BERNIE MORENO FOR SENATEpac | $73K |
| 10 | ROSEN FOR NEVADApac | $65K |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freedom of Information Act regulation · introduced | 9 |
| 2 | National Defense Authorization Act FY2024 (H.R.2670) legislation · enacted | 9 |
| 3 | Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act regulation · introduced | 9 |
| 4 | Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammal regulation · introduced | 8 |
| 5 | Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammal regulation · introduced | 8 |
| 6 | Reinvigorating Merit-Based Hiring Through Candidate Ranking in the Competitive a regulation · introduced | 8 |
| 7 | Energy Permitting Reform Act legislation · introduced | 3 |
| 8 | Ukraine Security Assistance Supplemental legislation · enacted | 3 |
| 9 | Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations; De regulation · introduced | 3 |
| 10 | Federal Acquisition Regulation: Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related Thre regulation · introduced | 3 |
Methodology
Industry-level totals are computed by summing donations and lobbying filings where the donor, recipient, or client is tagged with the defense sector. Numbers reflect QPQ-tracked totals only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete. Click any entity to see its full profile with the breakdown of tracked vs FEC cycle totals.