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 William Herbert Gray III (August 20, 1941 – July 1, 2013) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who represented from 1979 to 1991. He also served as chairman of the United States House ...

of Pennsylvania, 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 John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman and United States Navy, naval officer who represented the Arizona, state of Arizona in United States Congress, Congress for over 35 years, first as ...

, 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. Gray Loeffler were recently retained at the end of 2009 to help lobby the efforts of the

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merger before the respective

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congressional committees that will have to approve the corporate combination. Another prominent client,

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, 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.

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External links

Gray Loeffler website

Business Week profile

Groups That Have Retained GrayLoeffler and Income Received for 2009, from the Open Secrets database

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Lobbying firms based in Washington, D.C. Lobbying organizations based in Washington, D.C.