All, Over at CEI we've just kicked-off a campaign on this issue. We're currently looking for signatories on a letter we've written to congress. In all likelihood, this will affect shipping for *all *types of alcohol, including beer and spirits.
Here is a blog post on the bill: http://winepolicy.com/2010/04/congressional-bill-threatens-direct-shipping-of-wine/ Please express your views as individuals on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/STOPHR5034/114589208561336. Also, if you know of any consumer groups that might be appropriate signatories (we're looking for a broad coalition) to sign on please forward me the names of those organizations. So far we have the following groups on board: The Competitive Enterprise Institute, American for Tax Reform, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, American Conservative Union, Institute for Liberty, American Family Business Institute, Tea Party Express, American Grassroots Coalition,Hispanic Leadership Fund, Townsend for New York, The C.L.A. Group, Tea Party WDC, American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, National organization for Marriage, Frontiers of Freedom we're also inviting the following groups to sign: The American Consumer Institute, Freedom Works, The Independent Institute, Heartland, American Enterprise Institute, and the League of United Latin American Citizens. You might also find this site useful: http://www.stophr5034.org/ -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
