Instead of tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas, Bill has advocated for policies that reward companies that create jobs here in Massachusetts.
Support policies that reward companies for creating jobs in Massachusetts instead of giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov lists H.R.12 as the American Jobs Act and Rep. William R. Keating as a cosponsor on 2011-10-26.
The CRS summary says H.R.12 allowed employer credits for payroll increases and increased work opportunity credits for hiring unemployed veterans.
Congress.gov shows H.R.12 remained at introduced status after referral to House committees and a subcommittee.
The CRS summary says S.3364 would grant an insourcing credit and deny deductions for outsourcing relocation expenses.
Congress.gov reports cloture on proceeding to S.3364 was not invoked, 56-42, and the bill status stayed introduced.
Congress.gov identifies Keating as William R. Keating [D-MA], serving from the 112th through 119th Congresses.
Assessments
Keating took same-term federal action consistent with the promise by cosponsoring H.R.12, the American Jobs Act of 2011, which included employer tax credits tied to payroll increases and incentives for hiring unemployed veterans. However, that bill did not pass, and the closely matching anti-outsourcing tax proposal, S.3364 Bring Jobs Home Act, was Senate legislation that also failed and is not credited as Keating-led House delivery. The record shows meaningful support for relevant policies, but no enacted federal policy outcome fully delivering both the job-creation reward and anti-outsourcing tax-break components.