[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 722 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 722

Recognizing January 2, 2009, as ``National Advertising Specialty Day''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 8 (legislative day, November 20), 2008

 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing January 2, 2009, as ``National Advertising Specialty Day''.

Whereas an advertising specialty is any item imprinted with a logo or slogan and 
        given out to promote a company, organization, product, service, special 
        achievement, or event;
Whereas the presidential campaign of George Washington first used advertising 
        specialties in the United States in 1789, in the form of collectible 
        buttons;
Whereas there are more than 750,000 varieties of specialty advertising;
Whereas the advertising specialty industry employs more than 344,000 
        professionals across the United States, and 85 percent of these 
        professionals are employed by small- or medium-sized businesses, some of 
        which gross up to $1,000,000 per year;
Whereas the advertising specialty industry has grown an average of 4 percent 
        each year since 2003 and reached $19,600,000,000 in 2007;
Whereas advertising specialties accounted for 14 percent of all tracked 
        advertising spending in the United States in 2007; and
Whereas the advertising specialty industry accounts for more than 9,000 jobs in 
        Pennsylvania: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes January 2, 2009, as ``National Advertising 
        Specialty Day''; and
            (2) acknowledges the contributions the specialty 
        advertising industry makes to the economy of the United States.
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