Sen. Doug Jones

Analysis

Legislative Metrics

Read our 2020 Report Card for Jones.

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Jones is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the Senate in 2020 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Jones sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Dec 21, 2020. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Jones was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

• S. 1671 (116th): Aging Together Act
• S. 3191 (115th): Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018
• S. 2894 (115th): Rural Health Liaison Act of 2018

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Does 3 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Jones sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Finance and Financial Sector (22%) Education (16%) Health (16%) Armed Forces and National Security (14%) Agriculture and Food (8%) Foreign Trade and International Finance (8%) Social Welfare (8%) Taxation (8%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Jones recently introduced the following legislation:

• S. 4660 (116th): Diversity in Defense Act of 2020
• S. 4644 (116th): Minority Depository Institution and Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2020
• S. 4611 (116th): Protecting Fairs During Coronavirus Act
• S. 4414 (116th): American Dream Down Payment Act of 2020
• S. 3757 (116th): Build Health Care Equipment in America Act
• S. 3585 (116th): Moratorium on Coronavirus Evictions Act
• S. 3505 (116th): Rapid Coverage for Coronavirus Vaccines Act

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Key Votes

Missed Votes

From Jan 2018 to Jan 2021, Jones missed 41 of 993 roll call votes, which is 4.1%. This is worse than the median of 1.8% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Jan 2021. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

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Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

• unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
• The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
• Doug Jones for Senate for the photo
• GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills