Beer and wine breakfast for Grassley
Sen. Chuck Grassley was feted by the National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. PAC yesterday for–breakfast. No word on whether the menu featured beverages of the alcoholic variety.
Whatever was served, this is of note: over his years in the Senate, Grassley has collected $116,700 in campaign contributions from the beer, wine and liquor industry. One issue dear to both trade associations above is repeal of estate taxes (see here and here), an issue at play in health care reform legislation being debated now. Grassley, the ranking chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is in favor of either a repeal or lowering of the tax, reported The Hill earlier this year.
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