Facing crackdown, credit raters bring on heavy hitters

By Ben Protess

Breaking their own spending records, the biggest credit raters pull out the stops on lobbying budgets

Excerpts from this story referencing "McGraw-Hill":

"… includes some lobbying for other business units of S&P parent company McGraw-Hill.And S&P is not missing an opportunity to pitch their cause: Representa …"

"… ators on the Senate banking committee or their staff members, Ted Smyth, a McGraw-Hill vice president, told the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.Smyth wouldn†…"

"… lity Office, the investigative arm of Congress, records show.In July 2009, McGraw-Hill hired the Podesta Group and its owner, Tony Podesta, one of Washington’s …"

"… pe of the legislation won’t be known until later this summer. Meanwhile, McGraw-Hill’s in-house lobbyists are reaching out to key Republican lawmakers on the …"