Friday, February 20, 2009

CPSIA Update: February 20, 2009:

S.374 -- This bill is STILL in committee!! If your senator is a co-sponsor or on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(see list below), I urge you to write to them and tell them about the impact the CPSIA will have on you!

Title: A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
Sponsor: Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] (introduced 2/4/2009) : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Cosponsors [as of 2009-02-14]
Sen. Thomas Coburn [R-OK]
Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]
Sen. Michael Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]
Sen. Samuel Brownback [R-KS]

ALL COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Chairman John D. Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Daniel K. Inouye (HI)
John F. Kerry (MA)
Byron L. Dorgan (ND)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Tom Udall (NM)
Mark Warner (VA)
Mark Begich (AK)

Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Olympia J. Snowe (ME)
John Ensign (NV)
Jim DeMint (SC)
John Thune (SD)
Roger Wicker (MS)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
David Vitter (LA)
Sam Brownback (KS)
Mel Martinez (FL)
Mike Johanns (NE)

If your senator is on the above list, CONTACT THEM and urge them to get the darned bill out of committee and get this law fixed.

~ Marge in Reno ~

Monday, February 16, 2009

Update: Feb. 12, 2009:


The House of Representatives has also introduced a bill to help with the CPSIA problem facing small business and crafters.

H.R. 968: To amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
Sponsor: Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]
Introduced: Feb 10, 2009
Status: Feb. 10, 2009: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Cosponsors [as of 2009-02-14]
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]
Rep. Ronald Paul [R-TX]
Rep. John Linder [R-GA]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]

More tomorrow ... ~ Marge ~

Sunday, February 8, 2009

CPSIA Update!!

I've been terribly busy writing emails, making phone calls and posting in numerous forums & threads around the net. So have literally hundreds of thousands of other crafters who are very concerned with this new law.

There's been progress!! Read about the latest information on my MKDesigner Website. There's a bill, now, in Committee to amend this ridiculously written law. It's sponsored by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina and it can sure use our help! From the Etsy Thread:

S.374
Title: A bill to amend the Consumer Product Safety Act to provide regulatory relief to small and family-owned businesses.
Sponsor: Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] (introduced 2/4/2009)
COSPONSORS(3):
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 2/4/2009
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 2/4/2009
Sen Wicker, Roger F. [MS] - 2/4/2009

The following are on the committee -- WRITE TO THEM, whether they're your senator or not. Show 'em how important this bill will be to crafters!
Chairman John D. Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Daniel K. Inouye (HI)
John F. Kerry (MA)
Byron L. Dorgan (ND)
Barbara Boxer (CA)
Bill Nelson (FL)
Maria Cantwell (WA)
Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ)
Mark Pryor (AR)
Claire McCaskill (MO)
Amy Klobuchar (MN)
Tom Udall (NM)
Mark Warner (VA)
Mark Begich (AK)

Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX)
Olympia J. Snowe (ME)
John Ensign (NV)
Jim DeMint (SC)
John Thune (SD)
Roger Wicker (MS)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
David Vitter (LA)
Sam Brownback (KS)
Mel Martinez (FL)
Mike Johanns (NE)

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Marge In Reno