Follow the Money / Washington
Money in Washington
Who gives, who lobbies, who gets paid — as filed with the FEC, the Senate and Treasury.
Three official feeds, one place: 5,973 large federal contract awards started in the last 180 days with a combined value of $99.21B (USAspending), 65,593 lobbying filings reporting $3.96B in 2026 (Senate LDA), and $338.8M in itemized contributions to 181 tracked committees in the last 90 days (FEC).
Donations →
Itemized contributions to the campaign committees of every member of Congress and the 200 largest PACs, aggregated by committee, employer and state.
181 committees with receipts (90d)
Lobbying →
Every Senate LDA filing posted since October 2025: registrants, clients, issues and reported income.
117,751 filings on record
Federal contracts →
The largest contract awards that started in the last 180 days, from USAspending: recipient, agency, award value, NAICS, with a link to each award.
5,973 awards (180d)
Not investment advice. Public records shown as filed; no inference of wrongdoing is made or implied by any figure on these pages.
Common questions
Can corporations donate to members of Congress?
No. Corporations and unions may not give their own funds to federal candidates. They can sponsor a PAC funded by voluntary gifts from employees and shareholders, and company totals on donation sites are sums of gifts from people who work there. Campaign donations: how to read FEC data →
How much can an individual donate to a federal candidate?
For 2025–2026, $3,500 per election to a candidate, with the primary and the general counted separately. Campaign donations: how to read FEC data →
What is an LD-2 lobbying report?
An LD-2 is the quarterly report a lobbying firm or an organisation with in-house lobbyists files under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. It names the client, the amount, the issues and the institutions contacted. Lobbying disclosure reports →
Do lobbying reports say which lawmakers were lobbied?
No. A report lists the House, the Senate or a federal agency as the body contacted. It does not name individual members of Congress or staff. Lobbying disclosure reports →
What is the difference between an obligation and an outlay?
An obligation is money the government has committed to pay, for example by signing a contract. An outlay is money that has actually been paid. Federal contracts: how to read USAspending data →