Information regarding special interest groups, lobbyists, etc

[Horse with no Name]

Does anyone know how to track how much money was given to special interest groups, political action groups, lobbyists, and political parties from the following:

1. GM
2. Ford
3. United Airlines
4. Delta Airlines
5. American Airlines

It would seem to me that this amount should be zero.
These companies are in dire financial straits and asking their employees to give up pensions, other benefits, salary cuts and God knows what else next, it would seem a criminal act to spend the employees money on politics.

[Roland99]

1. While I think lobbyists are the root cause of corruption in our gov't,

you can't claim it would be criminal. They lobby for legislation that would be favorable for them as companies. They affects their employees. Maybe not as much as the executives but it still affects the employees.