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Dems Double Down on Fundraising From SpaceX and Palantir Lobbyists

By Donald Shaw,

Published on Mar 20, 2025   —   4 min read

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Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries speak at a press conference to introduce legislation designed to combat DOGE by preventing unlawful access to the Treasury Department's payment systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Summary

Senate Democrats have joined their House counterparts in fundraising from the top lobbying firm for the Trump and Musk-tied companies.

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They’ve done it again. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has taken in another $1.3 million from lobbyists at Invariant—the bipartisan firm representing Trump-friendly companies SpaceX and Palantir—according to a new FEC filing. Hot on the heels of the $2.5 million it took from the same group of lobbyists in January, this latest haul shows House Democrats’ campaign arm is more than comfortable cozying up to the very corporations thriving under the administration they say they are fighting.

Invariant, the highest-paid lobbying firm for both Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Peter Thiel co-founded Palantir, has now bundled nearly $4 million to the DCCC since the beginning of the year. 

And it’s not just House-side Democrats raising money from the firm. According to a post on LinkedIn, Invariant hosted a fundraiser for the Senate Democratic leaders last month as well, where its cadre of lobbyists likely helped to bundle big bucks for leadership members like Chuck Schumer or potentially the Kirsten Gillibrand-led Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC).

Senate Democrat Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Invariant founder and CEO Heather Podesta pictured together at a mid-February fundraiser for Senate Democratic Leaders.

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