Rep. Diana DeGette

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

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11/13/09
Bonnie Erbe: Women, are we going to let this happen?

...prominent female House members would vote to kill health care reform if Pitts-Stupak is included. 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

11/13/09
Mountain towns can cure what ails Americans

Colorado's Rep. Diana DeGette is sponsoring the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2009, or House Bill 2476. It would permit development ...

Source: Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
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)
11/13/09
Pelosi bet political life on health care victory

On Thursday, Colorado Democratic Rep. Diana degette, co-chair of the caucus, said she has gathered 41 signatures from House members who are pledging to vote ...

Source: Sacramento Bee
11/12/09
Obamacare: Listening to the Scottish View Of American Politics

“There's going to be a firestorm,” warned Diana DeGette, a Democrat who opposed the amendment. “Women are going to realise that a Democratic-controlled ...

Source: First Things
11/12/09
Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Demand Meeting with Obama over Health Bill

...opposition to the final version of the bill if the pro-life amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. remains.  Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., the co-chairs of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, claim the letter has

Source: LifeSite.net
11/12/09
Stupak-Pitts is not worth killing healthcare bill over

...the key question is: Should those who oppose Stupak-Pitts vote down the entire healthcare bill for this reason alone? Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) claims to have 40 or more Democrats committed to voting against any final healthcare bill reported by the

Source: The Hill
11/12/09
RE: Diana DeGette

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 the ...

Source: San Jose Mercury News
11/12/09
Stupak Amendment Gets Help From Liberal Columnist

He doesn't do Nancy Pelosi, Diana degette and the House pro-choice liberals any favors with his latest column. Read a couple excerpts below: From the ...

Source: Christian Broadcasting Network
11/12/09
Abortion curbs have Democrats in dilemma

House Democrats Diana degette of Colorado and Louise Slaughter of New York, leaders of the 190-member Pro-Choice Caucus, say they have rounded up at least ...

Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
11/12/09
RE: Diana DeGette

... version of the bill if the pro-life amendment offered by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich. remains. Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and Louise Slaughter, DN. ...

Source: Lifesite
11/11/09
New David Harsanyi for 11/11/2009

...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

11/11/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a prominent abortion rights supporter who spearheaded the call for talks with Obama and has gathered the signatures of more ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/11/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Meanwhile, Colorado Representative Diana degette sent a letter signed by more than 40 of her colleagues to Speaker Pelosi, announcing that if the conference ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/11/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a prominent abortion rights supporter who spearheaded the call for talks with Obama and has gathered the signatures of more ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/11/09
Abortion Restrictions In House Health Reform Bill Triggering Outrage From The Left

...the House health reform bill has reignited a fiery debate on one of the most controversial issues in the country." Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, "said in a statement that the restrictions the amendment wou

11/11/09
Passing Bill As Bad As PelosiCare Quite An Achievement For Dems

...the House floor that they say would restrict a woman's freedom to purchase private abortion coverage with her own money. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., says, "We're not going to let this into law." Very few of those 40 members would need to switch their v

11/11/09
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 unacceptabl

Source: Reason
11/11/09
Editorials, Opinion Piece React To Stupak Amendment In House Reform Bill

...that may anger their Planned Parenthood wing. The fight itself will be interesting, judging from" recent comments by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) that 40 Democrats "will vote against a final bill unless the Stupak amendment is stripped out." He adds, "O

11/11/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Meanwhile, Colorado Representative Diana degette sent a letter signed by more than 40 of her colleagues to Speaker Pelosi, announcing that if the conference ...

Source: Examiner.com
11/11/09
RE: Diana DeGette

Rep. Diana degette, D-Colo., a prominent abortion rights supporter who spearheaded the call for talks with Obama and has gathered the signatures of more ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/10/09
From: Mouth of the Potomac

...things get really thorny. How will the House leaders balance Rep. Bart Stupak’s more-than 40 pro-life Democrats with Rep. Diana DeGette’s more-than 40 pro-choice Democrats? If it tips either way, some serious fence-mending will need to be done, as w

11/10/09
Freedom To Confuse

Rep. Diana degette, D-Colo., immediately began collecting signatures to oppose what she called "an unprecedented and unacceptable restriction on women's ...

Source: Town Hall
11/10/09
CALL7 Investigators Question Congress On Office Spending

Diana DeGette and John Salazar, both D-Colo., said the information is turned over to the House finance office and their offices did not keep copies. ...

Source: TheDenverChannel.com
11/10/09
Betsy Markey rep just not that into talking about her "no" vote on healthcare bill

​Even though Diana DeGette has big problems with an amendment to the mammoth healthcare bill ...

Source: Westword
11/10/09
Pathetic Pro-Choicers [Ramesh Ponnuru]

On Monday morning, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), co-chairwoman of the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, announced she had collected 40 signatures of Democrats ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
11/10/09
RE: Diana DeGette

But the more than 40 House members led by Rep. Diana degette (D-CO) have stood up and said the Stupak Amendment is too high a price to pay for health care ...

Source: BuzzFlash
11/10/09
McDonnell winning in VA by 18 points

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., immediately began collecting signatures to oppose what she called "an unprecedented and unacceptable restriction on women's ...

Source: Town Hall
11/10/09
Women Still Losing in Health Care Reform

...of the final health care package once the legislation emerges from conference. The Washington Post reported on Monday that Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) has collected more than 40 signatures -- enough to kill the measure -- from House Democrats promising

11/10/09
House Passes Landmark Healthcare Bill with Amendment Backed by Anti-Abortion ...

At this morning, we have Diana degette saying that she has forty votes in the Congress to be able to stop the bill from going through if it comes back from ...

Source: Democracy Now

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Phone: 202-225-4431
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