Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair DeGette leads Colorado House Delegation
WASHINGTON – With the release of the
2008 Congressional Power Rankingsby Knowlegis, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) ranked 65th among theentire House of Representatives and led the House Delegation inColorado. The rankings are formulated based on Congressional position,influence, legislation, and for the first time, earmark data wasincluded in legislators' Power Score.
"I am very proud to work on important issues such as stem cellresearch, children's health, and consumer product and food safety,"said DeGette, who is Chief Deputy Whip and Vice Chair of the powerfulCommittee on Energy and Commerce. "I will continue to use my positionin Congress to advocate for the interests of my constituents and thepublic at-large. I look forward to advancing the agenda of the Americanpeople."
The 2008 Power Rankings by Knowlegis tracked Members of Congress' power from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2007. On the website,the public and the media can search and organize lists to view rankingsby state, committee membership, tenure (class in Congress), or PowerCategory.
The Power Rankings project was led by Brad Fitch,CEO of Knowlegis. "Power Rankings is a tool of government transparencyfor citizens," Fitch said. "We take data available on the Internet andcompile it to help people assess the performance of their legislators. There are a lot of information sources available to voters to assesshow their Members of Congress are doing, including daily newspapers,television news stories, and from the legislators themselves. PowerRankings is just another transparency tool for citizens to judge theirelected official," he said.
You can read the rankings by clicking here.