It’s been almost a week since Standard & Poor’s downgraded the federal government’s credit rating, and S&P remains prominent in the headlines.

The Washington Post published an interesting analysis of the extent to which S&P has lobbied the government, while also rating it. 

S&P’s parent company spent more than $11 million on lobbying in the past 15 years, including $1 million on S&P-related legislation, the newspaper reported. The firm’s employees have been active political contributors, donating mostly to Democrats since 1989, according to the Washington Post.

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