Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Doug Jones
Doug Jones was a Democratic U.S. senator from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 2018, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (115th–116th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- S. 4660 Diversity in Defense Act of 2020Sep 23, 2020 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- S. 4644 Minority Depository Institution and Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2020Sep 22, 2020 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- S. 4611 Protecting Fairs During Coronavirus ActSep 17, 2020 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- S. 4414 American Dream Down Payment Act of 2020Aug 4, 2020 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 2927 NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2019May 22, 2020 · Held at the desk.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 3191 (115th) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018Became law
- S.Res. 332 (116th) A resolution instructing the managers on the part of the Senate on the conference on the bill S. 1790 (116th Congress) to insist upon the provisions contained…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 160 (116th) A resolution recognizing the contributions of defense laboratories to the technological dominance of the United States Armed Forces and supporting the…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 315 (116th) A resolution memorializing the discovery of the Clotilda.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 742 (115th) A resolution designating the first week of December 2018, and supporting the designation of each first week of December thereafter, as "Cancer Screen Week"…Passed a chamber
- S. 622 (116th) Military Widow’s Tax Elimination Act of 201977 cosponsors
- S. 3467 (115th) Strengthening Minority-Serving Institutions Act of 201826 cosponsors
- S. 1279 (116th) FUTURE Act18 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
How has Alabama done while Sen. Jones served?
2018 to 2019 in Alabama: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 0.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Alabama during Jones’s time representing it (2018 to 2021). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Alabama’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 37 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 37 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.