Analysis
Our unique analysis of the bills DeGette has sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into her position in the House of Representatives.
Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). DeGette is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)
2015 Statistics
Read our 2015 Report Card for DeGette for more statistics.
Committee Membership
Diana DeGette sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Member, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Member, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
DeGette sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (61%) Crime and Law Enforcement (13%) Public Lands and Natural Resources (13%) Government Operations and Politics (6%) Environmental Protection (6%)
Recent Bills
Some of DeGette’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 5542: Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Act of 2016
- H.Res. 558: Condemning violence that targets healthcare for women.
- H.R. 3656: Tobacco to 21 Act
- H.R. 3629: Respect States’ and Citizens’ Rights Act of 2015
- H.R. 3336: Colorado Wilderness Act of 2015
- H.R. 2919: To authorize 2 additional district judgeships for the district of Colorado.
- H.R. 2651: Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention, Access, and Care Act of 2015
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Voting Record
From Jan 1997 to Sep 2016, DeGette missed 559 of 13,434 roll call votes, which is 4.2%. This is worse than the median of 2.4% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. ProPublica has tracked 1 explanation for these missed votes. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GPO.gov/FDSys, for sponsored bills