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(Alabama Political Reporter) – Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate this week in an attempt to secure passage of the States Achieve Medicaid Expansion Act, a bill that would incentivize states like Alabama to expand Medicaid by restoring 100-percent federal reimbursements for the first three years.

(Alabama Political Reporter) – Alabama Sen. Doug Jones is worried that Senate Republicans’ plan for a fifth round of coronavirus relief bills won’t provide enough to keep students, teachers, staff and families safe once schools begin reopening soon, while COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise. 

(KQED) – Political strategist Joe Trippi joins to discuss his career running Democratic presidential campaigns, pioneering 'netroots' on the 2004 Howard Dean campaign for president, the overlooked lessons of Doug Jones' 2017 Senate victory in Alabama, and his thoughts on Biden's vice presidential choice.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WKRG) — Senator Doug Jones takes the floor of the U.S. Senate in an attempt to secure passage of the States Achieve Medicaid Expansion (SAME) Act.

(Selma Times Journal) – Emotions ran high in Historic Brown Chapel AME Church Saturday night as the city of Selma paid tribute to Civil Rights Icon and longtime U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

(Alabama Today) – Alabama U.S. Senator Doug Jones, on Wednesday, introduced a bipartisan bill to allow rural hospitals to access relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

(AL.com) – Sen. Doug Jones, the only Alabama Democrat to hold statewide office, used his campaign funds to help organize the meetings that resulted in new party leadership.

(Yahoo! News) – Alabama Senator, Doug Jones, reflects on the life of civil rights icon and friend John Robert Lewis at a memorial service in Selma.

Selma Times Journal – On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAAO), which authorizes funding for national defense priorities and this year includes hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for Alabama priorities, according to a press release from U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-AL, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

(Alabama Political Reporter) – Alabama Sen. Doug Jones on Friday called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to include an extension of emergency unemployment benefits — which are set to expire in the next week — in the next piece of COVID-19 relief legislation.