Rep. Diana DeGette
Representative for Colorado’s 1st District
pronounced dī-A-nuh // dee-GET
![Photo of Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO1]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/400101-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
DeGette proposed $30 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to Colorado Coalition of the Homeless for “Park Avenue Inn”
- $5 million to Regional Transportation District for “Central Corridor”
- $4 million to Montbello Organizing Committee for “FreshLo Hub”
View all requests and justifications on DeGette’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
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 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 3, 2019 to Aug 20, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Diana DeGette sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Energy, Climate, and Grid Security subcommittee Ranking Member
Enacted Legislation
DeGette was the primary sponsor of 7 bills that were enacted:
- H.R. 3443 (116th): Over-the-Counter Monograph Safety, Innovation, and Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 3303 (116th): Strengthening U.S. Olympics Act
- H.R. 1688 (116th): Native American Indian Education Act
- H.R. 1184 (116th): Every Kid Outdoors Act
- H.R. 518 (115th): EPS Improvement Act of 2017
- H.R. 3271 (115th): Protecting Access to Diabetes Supplies Act of 2017
- H.R. 6469 (110th): Stephanie Tubbs Jones Organ Transplant Authorization Act of 2008
Does 7 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
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 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
DeGette sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Health (53%) Energy (15%) Environmental Protection (15%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%)
Recently Introduced Bills
DeGette recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1381: Commemorating the past success of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Teams and …
- H.R. 7856: PREVENT DIABETES Act
- H.R. 7743: Department of Energy Experienced Worker Program Act
- H.R. 7327: Protecting Front Line Multimission Hospitals Act of 2024
- H.Res. 916: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 625) to regulate large capacity ammunition …
- H.R. 4829: Physical Therapist Workforce and Patient Access Act of 2023
- H.R. 4785: Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jan 1997 to Jul 2024, DeGette missed 669 of 17,784 roll call votes, which is 3.8%. This is worse than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
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