Amidst the continuing backlash against outsourcing in the US, two Colorado lawmakers have introduced bills, which would deny State contracts to companies, which move out jobs to India and other countries.

Democratic Senators Deanna Hanna and Terry Phillips said they were shocked when workers of EDS, a Texas-based company with offices in Colorado, which has a contract for computers for the State Human Services Programmes, said that the firm is sending technical support jobs to India.

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Hanna said her measure (Bill 170) would require companies to keep workers assigned to State contracts in the United States.

"I know profits are important to companies. But we in Colorado need to do all we can to make sure people have jobs," she was quoted as saying by the Denver Post newspaper.

Phillips pointed out that IBM recently "announced" it is moving 900 jobs out of Louisville. His pending legislation (Bill 169) would bar companies that relocate 100 or more jobs outside the United States from doing business with the State for seven years.