[saucetenuto]

Do you have a source for this? According to opensecrets.org, they're in the top 2 for tech companies (their major rival is Comcast), but they spend much less than Blue Cross/Blue Shield or the National Association of Realtors. This has been true since at least 2010 (as far back as I checked).

They do sometimes spend more than Boeing, which I wouldn't have guessed.

[partiallypro]

I meant to preface with "tech company." Google is only 9th overall, though they might have moved up in the past year

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/21/us-google-lobbying...