Yesterday, the federal government failed to pass a budget or a continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Although it’s possible a budget or CR could be passed at any time and government operations could go back to normal, there is also the possibility that the shutdown could continue for days or even longer.

Making payments to government contractors is one of the many functions of the federal government which could be halted in a shutdown. The likelihood of a shutdown lasting long enough to hurt the bottom line of a company as large as Lockheed is remote, but we thought we’d take the opportunity to check out which members of Congress may have some displeased donors if the shutdown lasts a little too long.

We identified the list of top 20 contractors, ranked by the GAO by how much they received from the federal government in 2012 (you can see the list at the bottom of this post), and then calculated which members of the Congress received the most political contributions from this group in 2012 (counting both their campaign committees and leadership PACs).

Top Government Contractors and How Much They Received in 2012





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