ADVERTISING UPDATE
CONGRESSIONAL UPDATE
105th Congress (1997)
AMENDMENT ON TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF ALCOHOL ADVERTISING (6/26/97)
Senator Robert Byrd is offering an amendment TODAY that would eliminate the tax deductibility of alcohol advertising and fund prevention programs to reduce alcohol related problems. These programs would include counter-advertisements, such as NCADD has proposed, and other locally established prevention programs.
****CALL OR E-MAIL YOUR SENATORS IMMEDIATELY****
URGE THEM TO SUPPORT SENATOR BYRD'S AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE THE TAX DEDUCTIBILITY OF ALCOHOL ADVERTISING AND FUND PREVENTION PROGRAMS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS
Call the Capitol Hill Switchboard -- 202/224-3121 -- and ask to be connected with your representative's office. Or e-mail your senator:
The United States Senate
For more information on this issue, contact the Public Policy Office via e-mail at publicpolicy@ncadd.org.