Democrats Doing the Heavy Lifting on Issues: President Jimmy Carter on Beer

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Started Federal deregulation of home brewing beer.

“Our 39th President, Mr. James Carter, is the true homebrew hero; he and a lesser known man by the name of Alan Cranston, a veteran democratic senator from California. How so, you ask? Well, on October 14, 1978, Jimmy Carter signed the bill H.R. 1337, which contained an amendment sponsored by Alan Cranston. That amendment created an exemption from taxation of beer brewed at home for personal or family use. Essentially, it lifted regulations imposed by Prohibition laws over 50 years previous.”

https://www.kegworks.com/blog/how-jimmy-carter-sparked-the-craft-beer-revolution/

NOTE: A few years ago, Alabama and Mississippi changed their laws too