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Sessions denounces Jones’ support for Pelosi’s withholding articles of impeachment

Friday, U.S. Senate candidate former Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) denounced statements by Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, supporting Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, position that she will hold up delivering articles of impeachment to the Senate until the Republican Senate majority gives Senate Democrats more favorable terms on the pending impeachment trial of … Continued
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January 6, 2020

Sessions supported the widow’s tax that Doug Jones just killed

After nearly two decades, the military widow’s tax is apparently on its deathbed.  Thanks to Doug Jones. A U.S. Senator from Alabama.  Because of Jones and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, some 67,000 military widows will finally enjoy the military benefits their loved ones were promised when they enlisted and gave their lives protecting … Continued
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December 18, 2019

Ending an 18-year battle, Senate passes Widow’s Tax repeal

Senators Doug Jones, D-Ala., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced that their legislation to repeal the Military Widow’s Tax has passed the United States Senate as a part of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill now goes to the President to be signed into law. Legislation has been repeatedly introduced in the Senate … Continued
December 18, 2019

Doug Jones backs legislation to permanently fund HBCUs

Sen. Doug Jones today joined a bipartisan group of senators to introduce a solution to both permanently fund Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and to take a first step toward simplifying the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process. Annual funding for MSIs expired on September 30, 2019. … Continued
December 4, 2019
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Sessions is considering a Senate run. Why would Alabama workers ever vote for anyone but Jones?

Oh my God, is that Jeff Sessions’ music?  This is how desperate things have become for the GOP — both in Alabama and nationally. On Monday, Politico and other national outlets began reporting on rumors that have been swirling in Alabama for weeks now: Jeff Sessions, everyone’s favorite tiny racist, is considering a run for … Continued
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October 29, 2019

Jones cosponsors school design safety bill

Sen. Doug Jones teamed up with republican David Perdue to introduce the School Safety Clearinghouse Act, which would detail best practices for school security design through recommendations by engineers, architects, first responders, mental health advocates and building security experts. Last year, Jones cosponsored the STOP School Violence Act, which gave some school districts more access … Continued
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September 30, 2019
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Alabama isn’t unique. “Fake news” is a problem here, too.

So much of what we read every day is wrong and even dangerous. Russian social media manipulation has been well documented, but in Alabama, we’ve had our own issues. One needn’t look much further than Project Birmingham, the social media manipulation scheme launched during the 2017 Senate Special Election. It heavily resembled Russian tactics. While … Continued
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September 20, 2019

Jones offers U.S. Senate resolution memorializing the Clotilda

Sen. Doug Jones has introduced a resolution in the United States Senate to memorialize the discovery of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to the United States. The Clotilda arrived in Mobile Bay in 1860, 53 years after the United States Congress banned the importation of enslaved people in 1807. Following the … Continued
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September 19, 2019