Gray Loeffler LLC was an advisory and consulting firm (lobbying firm), representing clients' interests before government electoral apparatus and agencies. It was co-founded with a merger in September 2009 of the Amani Group led by former Democratic congressman and Democratic Party Whip, William H. Gray III of Pennsylvania,[1] and the Republican congressman from Texas, Thomas Loeffler and his firm, the Loeffler Group. Tom Loeffler was a key fundraiser and "general co-chairman for the 2008 Republican Presidential candidate, John McCain, who was forced to resign when Newsweek Magazine disclosed that he was a lobbyist on behalf of Saudi Arabia and had received $15 million in compensation from the Saudi Arabian government since 2002.
The firm established offices located in Washington, D.C., Austin, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Miami, Florida.[2]
Gray Loeffler were recently retained at the end of 2009 to help lobby[3] the efforts of the Comcast and Universal Studios merger[4] before the respective House and Senate congressional committees[5] that will have to approve the corporate combination.
Another prominent client, General Motors, retained Gray Loeffler for "general lobbying services" in 2010, to protect their interests on a federal level. It was unspecified by GM exactly what those services would include.[6]