Tom Loeffler

Another McCain co-chair resigns under ethics scrutiny.

Think Progress (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008

In May, national finance co-chair Tom Loeffler stepped down after the press revealed that he had been lobbying on behalf of foreign interests, including collecting nearly $15 million from Saudi Arabia since 2002. Today, Vanity Fair reports that another finance co-chair, former New Jersey congressman Jim Courter, is also resigning: McCain finance co-chair and former [...]

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Oilman Williams not raising McCain funds, campaign says

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

... and his wife, Michelle, of Houston; former Sen. Phil Gramm; Rep. Joe Barton of Ennis; former Rep. Tom Loeffler of San Antonio; and former Gov. Bill Clements.Democratic National Committee spokesman Damien LaVera said that he considered the omission of Williams curious."John McCain's claim that Clayton Williams isn't a bundler has about as much credibility as his claim that Phil Gramm doesn't...

McCain Aides Are Pulling Him Under

Russia Blog (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008

... It turns out that the team of Airbus lobbyists included several of McCain's key advisors, like Tom Loeffler and Susan Nelson of The Loeffler Group , as well as John Green of Ogilvy Government Relations . Loeffler, a former congressman from Texas, headed the finance committee in the McCain election staff while Green acted as a Congressional liaison. Incidentally, Loeffler...

McCain the Reformer? You've Got to Be Joking

Alternet (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008

... that they'd lobbied for the Burmese dictatorship. A top McCain fundraiser, former Congressman Tom Loeffler, also got his walking papers after lobbying McCain on behalf of Saudi Arabia. In the space of ten days, five McCain lobbyists-turned-staffers left his campaign. Those who remained included senior adviser Charlie Black -- formerly one of the most high-profile Republican lobbyists in...