Doug Jones

Voted for passage of H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund and national park maintenance; it passed 73-25.

June 17, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for passage of S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act public-lands package, which passed 92-8.

February 12, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted for passage of H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act addressing opioid use disorder prevention and treatment; it passed 99-1.

September 17, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

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The Senate adopted Jones's amendment No. 1067 to the fiscal 2020 appropriations package, funding a relending program to resolve heirs-property ownership and succession on farmland; the amendment was agreed to 91-1.

October 28, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

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Jones voted in February 2020 to convict President Donald Trump on impeachment articles, saying the evidence showed abuse of office to seek foreign election interference.

February 5, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

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Voted for passage of S. 578, the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act eliminating the five-month Social Security disability waiting period for people with ALS; it passed 96-1.

December 2, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for passage of H.R. 1957, the Great American Outdoors Act funding the Land and Water Conservation Fund and national park maintenance; it passed 73-25.

June 17, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for passage of H.R. 748, the CARES Act coronavirus relief package, which passed the Senate 96-0.

March 25, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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The Senate adopted Jones's amendment 82-11, barring use of a Highway Trust Fund rule that can automatically cut mass transit money when projected receipts fall short (Amendment 1141, the Rostenkowski Test).

October 31, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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The Senate adopted Jones's amendment No. 1067 to the fiscal 2020 appropriations package, funding a relending program to resolve heirs-property ownership and succession on farmland; the amendment was agreed to 91-1.

October 28, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for passage of H.R. 3877, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 setting discretionary spending caps and suspending the debt limit; it passed 67-28.

August 1, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Jones voted for the 2018 conference farm bill, which included provisions he backed for farmers, rural health, wastewater infrastructure, and high-speed internet.

December 11, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for passage of H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act addressing opioid use disorder prevention and treatment; it passed 99-1.

September 17, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the conference report on H.R. 5515, the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which was agreed to 87-10.

August 1, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for Senate passage of H.R. 2, the 2018 farm bill, which passed 86-11.

June 28, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Jones voted in December 2018 for the First Step Act, a criminal-justice bill aimed at reducing recidivism and changing some federal sentencing rules.

December 18, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for passage of H.R. 1865, the FOSTA online sex-trafficking bill narrowing Communications Decency Act section 230 protections; the bill passed 97-2.

March 21, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Jones spoke against parole for Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. in 2016, and the Alabama parole board denied Blanton release.

August 3, 2016Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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As U.S. Attorney, Jones coordinated the state and federal task force after Eric Rudolph bombed the New Woman All Women Health Care Center in Birmingham and advocated trying Rudolph first in Birmingham.

January 29, 1998Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for passage of S. 578, the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act eliminating the five-month Social Security disability waiting period for people with ALS; it passed 96-1.

December 2, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for passage of H.R. 748, the CARES Act coronavirus relief package, which passed the Senate 96-0.

March 25, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for passage of H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act providing emergency paid leave, food aid and testing funds; it passed 90-8.

March 18, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for passage of H.R. 1327 extending authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund; it passed 97-2.

July 23, 2019Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted for passage of H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act renewing Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act authorities; it passed 80-16.

May 14, 2020Opposes Data Privacy

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Voted for passage of S. 151, the TRACED Act to deter illegal robocalls and strengthen enforcement, which passed 97-1.

May 23, 2019Supports Data Privacy

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Jones sponsored a bipartisan bill with Senator Ted Cruz to release government records on unsolved civil rights-era crimes. President Trump signed it into law on January 8, 2019 (the Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act).

January 8, 2019Supports Civil Rights

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Jones prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing; Blanton was convicted in 2001 and Cherry in 2002.

May 22, 2002Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for S.J. Res. 52, the Congressional Review Act resolution to restore the FCC net neutrality rules; the resolution passed the Senate 52-47.

May 16, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability

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Voted for passage of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which eased Dodd-Frank banking rules; the bill passed the Senate 67-31.

March 14, 2018Opposes Corporate Accountability

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The Senate adopted Jones's amendment 82-11, barring use of a Highway Trust Fund rule that can automatically cut mass transit money when projected receipts fall short (Amendment 1141, the Rostenkowski Test).

October 31, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure

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Jones voted for the 2018 conference farm bill, which included provisions he backed for farmers, rural health, wastewater infrastructure, and high-speed internet.

December 11, 2018Supports Public Infrastructure

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In February 2022, the Biden administration named Jones an adviser on legislative affairs for Supreme Court nominations.

February 1, 2022

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Voted for the conference report on H.R. 6395, the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, agreed to 84-13.

December 11, 2020

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Voted against confirming Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; the nomination was confirmed 52-48.

October 26, 2020

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Voted for passage of H.R. 5430 implementing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement; it passed 89-10.

January 16, 2020

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Voted for the conference report on S. 1790, the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, agreed to 86-8.

December 17, 2019

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Voted for S.J. Res. 54 terminating the President's border national emergency declaration; it passed the Senate 54-41.

September 25, 2019

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Voted for S.J. Res. 38 disapproving the proposed emergency arms transfer to Saudi Arabia; it passed the Senate 53-45.

June 20, 2019

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Voted to override the President's veto of S.J. Res. 7, the Yemen war powers resolution; the override failed 53-45.

May 2, 2019

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Voted for H.J. Res. 46, the resolution terminating the President's February 2019 national emergency declaration; it passed the Senate 59-41.

March 14, 2019

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Voted for S.J. Res. 7, the war powers resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from hostilities in Yemen, which passed the Senate 54-46.

March 13, 2019

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Voted for S.J. Res. 54, the war powers resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from hostilities in Yemen; it passed the Senate 56-41.

December 13, 2018

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Voted against confirming Brett M. Kavanaugh as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court; the nomination was confirmed 50-48.

October 6, 2018

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Voted for the conference report on H.R. 6157, the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of Defense appropriations bill, agreed to 93-7.

September 18, 2018

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Voted for the conference report on H.R. 5515, the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, which was agreed to 87-10.

August 1, 2018

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Jones served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001 after presidential appointment and Senate confirmation.

November 8, 1997

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