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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11/05/09
Vail Resorts wants more summer options

... to tell members to back the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2009, or House Bill 2476, sponsored by Colorado's Rep. Diana DeGette. ...

Source: Vail Daily News
11/03/09
CHIP on Chopping Block in House Health Reform Bill

An amendment to the House bill, sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Col.), would have blocked the transition from CHIP to private coverage unless White House ...

Source: The Washington Independent
11/02/09
House OKs new national cemetery in southern Colorado

...Cemetery in Denver and the Fort Lyon National Cemetery near Las Animas. Both are about 70 miles away. The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.

Source: Vail Daily
11/02/09
House OKs new national cemetery in southern Colorado

...Cemetery in Denver and the Fort Lyon National Cemetery near Las Animas. Both are about 70 miles away. The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.

Source: Vail Daily
11/02/09
House OKs new national cemetery in southern Colorado

...Cemetery in Denver and the Fort Lyon National Cemetery near Las Animas. Both are about 70 miles away. The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.

Source: Vail Daily
11/02/09
House OKs new national cemetery in southern Colo.

The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.

Source: KRDO
11/02/09
Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area

... proposed in the US Congress by Colorado US Rep. Diana DeGette -- The Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009 -- could include the Browns Canyon study area. ...

Source: Huffington Post (blog)
11/02/09
Fracing foes concur on water study

So far, Udall, Bennet and Salazar have not signed on as co-sponsors for the bill, which in the House was introduced by US Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver. ...

Source: The Durango Herald
10/30/09
House health-care bill unveiled with fanfare

...process — born of high stakes and deep divisions — has few parallels in recent congressional history. "It was unruly," said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and vice chairwoman of one of three committees that wrote the bills which were combined into the

10/30/09
RE: Diana DeGette

"It was unruly," said Rep. Diana DeGette, vice chair of one of three committees that wrote the bills that were combined into the single piece of legislation ...

Source: Denver Post
10/30/09
House Dems show hand with unveiling of health reform legislation

"It was unruly," said Rep. Diana DeGette, vice chair of one of three committees that wrote the bills that were combined into the single piece of legislation ...

Source: Denver Post
10/29/09
Congress Gives Final Approval to Hinchey Provision Urging EPA to Conduct New ...

In June, Hinchey, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), and several of his colleagues introduced the FRAC ACT -- Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of ...

Source: WBGH
10/27/09
Keeping wild

This is a far cry from a 3rd District wilderness bill introduced two years ago by Denver Democratic 1st District Rep. Diana DeGette. ...

Source: Pueblo Chieftain
10/26/09
The right way to do a wilderness bill

Unlike the over-reaching wilderness bill introduced by Denver Congresswoman Diana DeGette earlier this year, Salazar didn't attempt to reach into other ...

Source: Grand Junction Sentinel
10/24/09
The Edge

...exemption: insurance and Major League Baseball. If it ever had a rationale, it's no longer operative." That was U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a lead sponsor of a bill to strip many of the antitrust exemptions Congress granted to the insurance indust

10/23/09
Public health-insurance option gains speed

... Kristofer Eisenla, spokesman for Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver, a strong supporter of the concept and a key House negotiator on health care. ...

Source: Denver Post
10/22/09
Senate Democrats Continue Pursuit Of Insurers' Antitrust Exemption

...the Rules Committee, The Hill reports. The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the bill Wednesday. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a co-sponsor of the bill, said, "There are only two industries with that exemption: insurance and Major League B

10/22/09
Democrats in Congress go after insurers' antitrust exemption

...Committee. Leahy made his comments at the same time the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-9 on a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., to end an industry exemption that dates to 1945. Three Republicans supported the move. Senior Democratic

Source: Denver Post
10/22/09
Vail Daily letter: That's inappropriate

Nevertheless, Diana DeGette, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter, John Salazar and Jared Polis all voted in favor of this action. Only Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn ...

Source: Vail Daily News
10/22/09
Democrats in Congress go after insurers' antitrust exemption

Leahy made his comments at the same time the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-9 on a bill co-sponsored by Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., to end an industry ...

Source: Denver Post
10/22/09
'Life in the Red Zone' gas drilling film depicts flaming Fort Lupton water

Diana DeGette and Jared Polis (as well as New York congressman Maurice Hinchey) because he says the state already has the drilling process called hydraulic ...

Source: The Colorado Independent
10/21/09
Is Cognitive Dissonance an Insured Condition?

...Diana DeGette is, without any apparent cognitive dissonance or trace of irony, proposing: You figure it out. Insurers are set to receive one of the largest coroporate welfare grants in history. No wonder so many firms are salivating over this year’s h

10/21/09
Democrats want to revoke insurance’s antitrust exemption in healthcare reform bill

...health insurance industry will try to add it to the House healthcare overhaul when it comes before the Rules Committee. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), a lead co-sponsor of the bill, said Tuesday she would like to see the measure wrapped into the healthc

Source: The Hill
10/21/09
FATAL CAR-PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT

DEGETTE APPLAUDS COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HEALTH CARE ANTITRUST LEGISLATION: US Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., vice chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce ...

Source: Denver Daily News
10/21/09
Senate Democrats continue pursuit of insurers' antitrust exemption

Rep. Diana degette, D-Colo., a co-sponsor of the bill, said, "There are only two industries with that exemption: insurance and Major League Baseball. ...

Source: News-Medical.net
10/21/09
SUBJECT: THE ANTITRUST EXEMPTION IN HEALTH-CARE LEGISLATION INTERVIEWER: DYLAN ...

RATIGAN: Joining us right now, Colorado's Democratic Congressman Diana DeGette. She is chief deputy whip in the House, vice chair of the Committee on Energy ...

Source: Federal News Service (subscription)
10/21/09
Abortion coverage battle

Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., is among the lawmakers who believe the amendment would successfully maintain the status quo on abortion funding. ...

Source: Denver Daily News
10/20/09
Ill-Conceived Ranking Makes for Unhealthy Debate

Among those who have recently failed to make that distinction in published comments are Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette; Iowa Democratic Sen. ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/20/09
Kathy Hall, Colorado Oil And Gas Chief, Resigns Amid Brazen Comments About ...

Congresswoman Diana DeGette Is sponsoring legislation, popularly called the FRAC-act, that would eliminate the exemptions for fracking in the 2005 Safe ...

Source: AlterNet
10/19/09
Colorado Dems champion health care public option, debate funding

Rep. Diana degette of the 1st Congressional District agreed. “Part of the reason we need reform is to get everybody involved in health care. ...

Source: The Colorado Independent

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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4431
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