EADS spent $1.64 million to lobby Congress

As a new foreign defense company with its hands out for American tax dollars, the French/German/Spanish/Russian-owned EADS spent $1.64 million to influence Congress between 2002 and 2004, according to the Center for Public Integrity.

About one-quarter of that sum - $400,000 - went to the Federalist Group, the company owned by Senator Richard Shelby's former staffer Stewart Hall.

More recent figures are not yet available.