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Doug Jones Introduces Bipartisan bill establishing Disaster Health Care Service

Friday, U.S. Senators Doug Jones, D-Alabama and Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, introduced the United States Public Health Service Modernization Act of 2019. This bipartisan legislation would create a Ready Reserve Corps within the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps to ensure vital health care jobs are adequately staffed when disasters strike the U.S. … Continued
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January 13, 2020
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New year begins, it’s a presidential year

As the new year begins, so does a Presidential election year. For several decades, in fact for most of the twentieth century, Alabamians were more interested in state and local politics than presidential politics. In fact, from 1901 through the 1950’s there were more people voting in a Democratic Primary for Governor than in a … Continued
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January 1, 2020

Jones’ bill to crack down on robocalls passes Congress, set to become law

Today the Senate passed broad, bipartisan legislation co-sponsored by Senator Doug Jones, D-Ala., to decrease and deter robocalls. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act  was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this month. The bill now heads to the President to be signed into law. “Most people in this day … Continued
December 20, 2019

Doug Jones champions Alabama priorities in final defense bill

The Senate and House Armed Services Committees today released the final text of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with numerous provisions and Alabama priorities secured by Senator Doug Jones, D-Ala.. The annual legislation authorizes national defense objectives for the next fiscal year. The bill will now be voted on by both … Continued
December 10, 2019

Merrill suspends Senate campaign

On Sunday night at 8:00, Secretary of State John Merrill announced an end to his U.S. Senate campaign. APR learned that Merrill recently spoke with Senate leadership, who encouraged him to suspend his campaign. “John has a bright future,” said a D.C. source who spoke on background because they were not authorized to speak on … Continued
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December 1, 2019

Senate votes unanimously for Jones’ Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act in final defense bill

The U.S. Senate moved closer yesterday to finally ending the Military Widow’s Tax that taxes military widows and widowers’ survivor benefits. The Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to urge House-Senate National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference committee members to include the Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act of 2019 in the NDAA, which authorizes funding to … Continued
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September 26, 2019
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Will Republicans bring change or status quo?

For eight years, Republicans have dominated state government in Alabama, but those years are not a fair representation of Republican leadership because, for most of that time, corrupt, crazy or compromised men were at the helms in the State House, the governor’s office and throughout the political infrastructure. Already, Republicans are laying the groundwork for … Continued
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November 12, 2018

Video | Doug Jones explains why he voted no on Kavanaugh confirmation

Sen. Doug Jones, Alabama’s Democratic senator, explained on the Senate floor why he voted against now-Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. In a floor speech on Friday ahead of the final vote on Saturday, Jones relented the “divisive” nature of Kavanaugh’s nomination, the now-justice’s “partisan-fueled tirade”during a hearing on sexual assault allegations and … Continued
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October 8, 2018