| This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House. 
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on. 
Bill Sponsorship: the Teleworking Advancement Act Source: Bill sponsored by 4 Senators
 Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit to employers of up to $500 annually for each employee participating in an employer-sponsored telework arrangement. Allows a tax credit for telework equipment expenses.
 Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to conduct a pilot program promoting telecommuting among small business employers, with special outreach to individuals with disabilities. 
 
 
Topic: Technology
Headline: $500 tax credit for each employee who telecommutes
 
 Key for participation codes:
Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
 
 
 
 | Democrats
 participating in 01-S1856 |  | Max Baucus | s1o | MT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2014) |  |  | Jon Corzine | s1o | NJ Former Democrat (until 2009) |  |  | John Kerry | s1i | MA Democratic Sr Senator |  | 
 
 
 | Republicans
 participating in 01-S1856 |  | Conrad Burns | s1o | MT Former Republican Senator (MT, 1989-2007) |  | 
 
 
 | Independents
 participating in 01-S1856 | 
 
 
 
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:| Democrats:
 3 Republicans:
 1
 Independents:
 0
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