Several Civil Rights Era historic sites in Alabama that are operated by The U.S. Park Service are closed today because the partial government shutdown. Outdoor areas are open, but the Selma-to-Montgomery March interpretive centers in Selma and Whitehall are closed, while the third interpretive center on the Alabama State University campus has never opened. The Tuskegee Institute National Historic…
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Doug Jones released the following statement after voting to end debate on a short-term government funding bill. Sixty votes were needed to advance the bill to a final vote in the Senate. The vote tally was 50-49. “ I voted to keep the federal government open past midnight tonight and to renew the Children’s Health Insurance Program –…
Senator Jones was one of a handful of Democratic U.S. Senators to support a Republican measure to continue funding the Federal Government. It was opposed by most Democrats because the resolution did not support the immigration measure called DACA. The resolution failed, and some government operations were halted at Midnight as a result. Alabama political watchers were interested in Jones’…
