South Carolina is considering legislation to...

...prohibit work on state contracts from being performed overseas?
YES, includes foreign call centers

... require overseas call centers to identify their location over the phone to consumers? YES

Rate of unemployment (April 2004):
6.8%, third highest in the nation

Higher unemployment (as of April 2004) since recession began in March 2001? YES

Pending bills and their descriptions, quoted from TechsUnite.org:

House Bill 4434, introduced Jan. 13, 2004, "provides that an expenditure of state funds under contract through a governmental body for telemarketing services requires contract provisions that the services must be performed in the United States and that only United States citizens and persons authorized to work in the United States may be employed; and relates to the regulation of unsolicited telephone calls, so as to provide for disclosure of certain information from a consumer sales or service call center."

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Sources: TechsUnite.org, The Economic Policy Institute, CNN/Money, CNet News.Com