Gray Loeffler
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]
References
[edit]- ^ "William H. Gray Profile - Forbes.com". People.forbes.com. 2004-02-02. Archived from the original on 2010-01-27. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "GrayLoeffler, LLC | Home". Grayloeffler.com. Archived from the original on 2011-02-02. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "Comcast-NBC Deal Highlights the Lobbying Revolving Door". Corporate Crackdown. 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2010-06-02.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Key senator calls for Hulu sale, other conditions if regulators OK Comcast-NBC Universal deal". latimes.com. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2010-06-02.[dead link]
- ^ "House Judiciary Committee to hold hearing on Comcast-NBC deal in Los Angeles". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ^ "Chris Liddel, GM CFO: We Should Be Profitable THIS Year". Huffingtonpost.com. 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-06-02.