Diana DeGette, Representative for Colorado's 1st Congressional District

DeGette is the representative for Colorado’s 1^st congressional district (view map) and is a Democrat. She has served since Jan 7, 1997. DeGette is next up for reelection in 2020.

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

DeGette is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills DeGette has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 22, 2019. See full analysis methodology.

Ratings from Advocacy Organizations

American Civil Liberties Union: 100% Human Rights Campaign: 100% Planned Parenthood Action Fund: 100% League of Conservation Voters: 97% NIAC Action: A The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: B United States Chamber of Commerce: 35% FreedomWorks: 15% NumbersUSA: 5% Americans for Prosperity: 3% The Club for Growth: 0%

Enacted Legislation

DeGette was the primary sponsor of 3 bills that were enacted:

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We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

DeGette sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:

Health (63%) Crime and Law Enforcement (11%) Environmental Protection (11%)

Recent Bills

Some of DeGette’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

Key Votes

DeGette’s Vote	Vote Description
Yea	H.R. 6157: Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 Sep 26, 2018. Passed 361/61. H.R. 6157 provides $674.6 billion in total discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense for fiscal year (FY) 2019. The bill provides $606.5 billion for the Department of Defense base budget, which is an increase of $17.1 billion above FY18 levels, and $68.1 billion ...
Nay	H.R. 6082: Overdose Prevention and Patient Safety Act Jun 20, 2018. Passed 357/57. H.R. 6082 amends the Public Health Service Act to permit substance use disorder (SUD) records to be shared among covered entities and Part 2 programs in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), for the purposes of treatment, payment, and ...
Nay	H.R. 1039: Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017 May 19, 2017. Passed 229/177. H.R. 1039 amends the federal criminal code to authorize a probation officer to arrest a person, without warrant, if there is probable cause to believe that person forcibly assaulted or obstructed a probation officer while performing their official duties. The bill also would direct the ...
Nay	H.J.Res. 99: Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2017, and for other purposes. Apr 28, 2017. Passed 382/30. This bill extended federal government funding through May 5, 2017. It was enacted on the day funding was to end. The federal government is currently funded through "continuing appropriations" legislation that maintains government spending levels as they were for arbitrary periods of time. Traditionally, though ...
Nay	H.R. 1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 Apr 26, 2017. Passed 378/48. This bill would change the appointment process for the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, known as the Register of Copyrights. Currently the Register of Copyrights is hired by the Librarian of Congress (who is the head of the Library of Congress). This bill would ...
No	H.J.Res. 43: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating ... Feb 16, 2017. Passed 230/188. Joe Biden never got the opportunity to break a single 50-50 Senate tie in eight years as vice president. Mike Pence has already broken two. One from last month has since become law: a measure allowing states to withhold federal Planned Parenthood funding. (The other ...
No	S. 612: A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 1300 Victoria Street in Laredo, Texas, as the “George P. Kazen Federal Building ... Dec 8, 2016. Passed 360/61.
Nay	H.R. 2048: Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring Act of 2015 May 13, 2015. Passed 338/88. The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub.L. 114–23) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes some new limits on the bulk collection of ...
Nay	H.R. 83 (113th): Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 Dec 11, 2014. Passed 219/206. This bill became the vehicle for passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [pdf], which was approved by the House on December 11, 2014 and by the Senate on December 13, 2014. The bill was originally introduced on January 3, 2013 by ...
Aye	H.J.Res. 124 (113th): Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2015 Sep 17, 2014. Passed 319/108.
No	H.R. 1249 (112th): Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Jun 23, 2011. Passed 304/117. The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA) is a United States federal statute that was passed by Congress and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011. The law represents the most significant legislative change to the U.S. patent system since the ...

Missed Votes

From Jan 1997 to Jan 2019, DeGette missed 638 of 14,753 roll call votes, which is 4.3%. This is worse than the median of 2.0% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1997 Jan-Mar	71	0	0.0%	0^th
1997 Apr-Jun	174	19	10.9%	97^th
1997 Jul-Sep	232	5	2.2%	56^th
1997 Oct-Nov	163	0	0.0%	0^th
1998 Jan-Mar	89	2	2.2%	52^nd
1998 Apr-Jun	185	3	1.6%	42^nd
1998 Jul-Sep	199	1	0.5%	17^th
1998 Oct-Dec	74	2	2.7%	64^th
1999 Jan-Mar	77	0	0.0%	0^th
1999 Apr-Jun	184	4	2.2%	52^nd
1999 Jul-Sep	204	3	1.5%	49^th
1999 Oct-Nov	146	2	1.4%	41^st
2000 Jan-Mar	95	2	2.1%	34^th
2000 Apr-Jun	277	31	11.2%	89^th
2000 Jul-Sep	130	1	0.8%	32^nd
2000 Oct-Dec	101	5	5.0%	40^th
2001 Jan-Mar	75	1	1.3%	44^th
2001 Apr-Jun	135	4	3.0%	62^nd
2001 Jul-Sep	149	14	9.4%	90^th
2001 Oct-Dec	153	7	4.6%	70^th
2002 Jan-Mar	79	3	3.8%	70^th
2002 Apr-Jun	203	10	4.9%	79^th
2002 Jul-Sep	141	1	0.7%	27^th
2002 Oct-Nov	61	5	8.2%	86^th
2003 Jan-Mar	94	8	8.5%	93^rd
2003 Apr-Jun	239	9	3.8%	67^th
2003 Jul-Sep	193	27	14.0%	97^th
2003 Oct-Dec	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Jan-Mar	104	24	23.1%	97^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	24	10.9%	93^rd
2004 Jul-Sep	161	0	0.0%	0^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Jan-Mar	90	8	8.9%	87^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	6	2.2%	53^rd
2005 Jul-Sep	146	3	2.1%	56^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	8	4.9%	72^nd
2006 Jan-Mar	81	4	4.9%	76^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	6	2.2%	59^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	12	7.5%	90^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	2	7.4%	62^nd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	9	4.2%	80^th
2007 Apr-Jun	393	47	12.0%	96^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	4	1.3%	32^nd
2007 Oct-Dec	263	9	3.4%	60^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	8	5.4%	67^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	19	5.9%	74^th
2008 Jul-Sep	205	2	1.0%	27^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	7	4.0%	76^th
2009 Apr-Jun	303	7	2.3%	54^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	43^rd
2009 Oct-Dec	246	6	2.4%	48^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	4	2.1%	40^th
2010 Apr-Jun	219	31	14.2%	93^rd
2010 Jul-Sep	151	6	4.0%	72^nd
2010 Nov-Dec	99	11	11.1%	84^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	5	2.4%	72^nd
2011 Apr-Jun	281	2	0.7%	33^rd
2011 Jul-Sep	247	5	2.0%	62^nd
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	49^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	0	0.0%	0^th
2012 Apr-Jun	299	3	1.0%	38^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	3	2.0%	56^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	10	19.6%	97^th
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Jan-Mar	89	0	0.0%	0^th
2013 Apr-Jun	215	11	5.1%	80^th
2013 Jul-Sep	200	28	14.0%	97^th
2013 Oct-Dec	137	6	4.4%	73^rd
2014 Jan-Mar	148	6	4.1%	69^th
2014 Apr-Jun	219	13	5.9%	79^th
2014 Jul-Sep	147	3	2.0%	59^th
2014 Nov-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Jan-Mar	144	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Apr-Jun	244	2	0.8%	40^th
2015 Jul-Sep	139	0	0.0%	0^th
2015 Oct-Dec	177	4	2.3%	70^th
2016 Jan-Mar	137	0	0.0%	0^th
2016 Apr-Jun	204	4	2.0%	49^th
2016 Jul-Sep	232	10	4.3%	85^th
2016 Nov-Dec	48	1	2.1%	65^th
2017 Jan-Mar	208	2	1.0%	36^th
2017 Apr-Jun	136	1	0.7%	31^st
2017 Jul-Sep	199	46	23.1%	96^th
2017 Oct-Dec	167	4	2.4%	56^th
2018 Jan-Mar	129	1	0.8%	23^rd
2018 Apr-Jun	184	23	12.5%	94^th
2018 Jul-Sep	102	1	1.0%	41^st
2018 Nov-Dec	85	0	0.0%	0^th
2019 Jan-Jan	45	0	0.0%	0^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

@unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
GPO Member Guide for the photo
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills

Diana DeGette is pronounced:

dī-A-nuh // dee-GET

The letters stand for sounds according to the following table:

Letter	Sounds As In
A a	cat
D d	day
E e	bed
EE ee	meet
G g	get
Ī ī	eye
N n	not
T t	top
UH uh	cup

Capital letters indicate a stressed syllable.

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