Rep. Diana DeGette

Democrat  •  1st District, Colorado  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1997
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 99%
  • Abstains: 2%

View All (1,957)

11/24/09
Scientists Seek New Ways To Produce Flu Vaccine

...at several hearings on H1N1, lawmakers castigated scientists and planners for not having anything on hand. Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado said, "We've got to fix this problem. We can't wait till we have another pandemic before we get an alter

11/23/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Stupak's remarks came only days after US Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., vice chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the Congressional ...

Source: The George Washington University The GW Hatchet
11/20/09
High Stakes

"The stakes could not be higher," stated Congresswoman Diana DeGette. Congresswoman DeGette, you can say that again. The stakes absolutely could not be ...

Source: American Spectator
11/20/09
Differing views on Stupak Amendment to health care reform bill in Congress

From US Rep. Diana DeGette, D-CD 1, Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. ...

Source: The Colorado Statesman
11/20/09
A special dedication for this week's travelin' music

“The stakes could not be higher,” stated Congresswoman Diana DeGette. Congresswoman DeGette, you can say that again. The stakes absolutely could not be ...

Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
11/20/09
Rockefeller saves CHIP (so far)

Another amendment, offered by Rep. Diana degette (D-Col.), would have prevented the shift from CHIP to private plans unless the White House provided ...

Source: Firedoglake (blog)
11/19/09
DeGette prefers abortion language in Senate health-reform bill

...Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new U.S. Senate health-care reform measure, in contrast to her opposition to anti-abortion provisions in a different health bill passed earlier by the H

11/19/09
Abortion funding restrictions vital to progress of health care reform bill, Rep. Stupak says

...of 240-194, while the overall House health care bill H.R. 3962 passed by a narrow vote of 220-215. Colorado Congresswoman Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday claimed that Rep. Stupak will not have the votes to block a health care bill that doesnt contain his

11/19/09
House Vote On Abortion Amendment Continues To Cause Democratic Divisions

...who understood the basic anti-abortion arithmetic of abortion votes in the House. ... In an attempt to push back, [Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)] is mustering a group of about 40 progressives she said will vote against health care reform if the Stupak la

11/19/09
RE: Diana DeGette

US Rep. Diana degette, D-Denver, said Thursday she was "pleased" with language concerning abortion in a new US Senate health-care reform measure, ...

Source: Bizjournals.com
11/18/09
Rallying for a cause

... Paul Taddune, Bob Grueter, Dorothea Farris, Blanca O'Leary, John Case, Shirley Tipton and the offices of Rep. Diana Degette and Sen. Michael Bennet. ...

Source: Aspen Times
11/18/09
House vote on abortion amendment causes division among Democrats

...who understood the basic anti-abortion arithmetic of abortion votes in the House. ... In an attempt to push back, [Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)] is mustering a group of about 40 progressives she said will vote against health care reform if the Stupak la

11/17/09
FRC Calls on President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid to Repudiate ...

Sadly, Diana DeGette seems eager to smother these precious freedoms, neither of which can exist without the other. "Rep. DeGette's comments serve to only ...

Source: PR Newswire (press release)
11/17/09
Brown: Senate GOP can't get even a majority for abortion provision

...Democrats have decried the Stupak amendment as clamping down on existing abortion rights, and 41 House Democrats, led by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), have pledged to vote against a final health bill that includes any such provisions. Some senators had

Source: The Hill
11/17/09
FRC Calls on President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Senator Reid to Repudiate Diana DeGette's Religious Bigotry

...President Tony Perkins today called on President Obama and Congressional leaders to repudiate comments made by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) to The Hill's Michael O'Brien that "religiously-affiliated groups...should be shut out of the process" in the h

Source: RedOrbit
11/17/09
DeGette says Stupak won't have the votes to keep his amendment

...Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) won't have the votes to block a health bill if it doesn't contain his abortion restrictions, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) claimed Tuesday. DeGette, the co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, refuted Stupak's claim th

Source: The Hill
11/17/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), a co-Chairwoman of the House Pro-Choice Caucus, has been an outspoken critic of the abortion language included in the House ...

Source: Atlantic Online (blog)
11/17/09
Both Sides Puzzle Over Abortion Amendment In House Health Bill

...programs. It had built a level of trust that other antiabortion groups could not" (Oliphant, 11/16). NPR interviewed Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus. "She's authored a letter that has been co-signed by more

11/16/09
Congressmen Spend Tens Of Thousands On Mailings

...Taylor, director of Colorado Ethics Watch. The CALL7 investigation also found that candidates in safe districts, like U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., sent out a fraction of the mail that Lamborn and Perlmutter sent. DeGette spent $5,748 on mailing and

11/16/09
First Stem Cell Education Summit launched at Sheraton Denver

Representative Diana DeGette will discuss "US Stem Cell Science & Policy: Past, Present and Future." There will be additional panels and workshops covering ...

Source: News-Medical.net
11/16/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said that the next step beyond Stupak for the anti-abortion movement ...

Source: San Antonio Express
11/15/09
Shoved to the back of the bus

...many other prominent female House members would vote to kill healthcare reform if Pitts-Stupak is included. Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado had collected more than 40 signatures from fellow members who vowed they would not vote for a combined

11/15/09
Column: Reform a step back

...abortion rights supporters being told they must make further concessions or lose health care reform. And, as Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette said, "a lot of the people are angry. They feel like the liberals and progressives always cave in because they want

Source: CJOnline
11/15/09
RE: Diana DeGette

The Progressive and Pro-Choice Caucuses, led by Rep. Diana DeGette has told Speaker Pelosi that she has 41 signatures saying that they will not vote for a ...

Source: Desert Dispatch
11/14/09
Compromise is hard when line in the sand is moved

...rights supporters being told they must make further concessions or lose health care reform altogether. And, as Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette said, "a lot of the people are angry. They feel like the liberals and progressives always cave in because they wan

Source: Recordnet.com
11/14/09
Iraq Trains Female Cops; HIV Top Threat to Women

To combat the passage of the restrictive, anti-choice Stupak amendment, Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, collected 40 ...

Source: Women's eNews
11/13/09
Democrats want freedom to confuse

...by a vote of 240-194 -- a more substantial mandate against abortion funding, incidentally, than for health care reform. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., immediately began collecting signatures to oppose what she called "an unprecedented and unacceptable re

11/13/09
A false choice on abortion rights

...supporters being told they must make further concessions or lose health-care reform altogether. And as Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., said: "A lot of the people are angry. They feel like the liberals and progressives always cave in because they want the b

11/13/09
Integrity's compromised in Stupak-Pitts

...consumers.” The reaction from Democratic female members of Congress was vehement and immediate. By late Monday, Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado had collected more than 40 signatures from fellow members who vowed they would not vote for a com

Source: Boston Herald
11/13/09
RE: Diana DeGette

As co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, Rep. Diana degette (D-CO) is leading the fight in the House to strip the Stupak amendment, ...

Source: TPMDC (blog)

Official website: http://www.house.gov/degette/index.shtml
Address:
1527 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4431
Fax: 202-225-5657

Person's Views

  • Today: 9
  • Past Seven Days: 99
  • All-Time: 7,832

34.7%

Average Rating

45%

Avg. from State

Login to Rate
Write This Representative
You are writing Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1].
Track with MyOC

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source joint project of two non-profit organizations, the Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation.