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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, said Wednesday she'll withhold her vote on a crucial December spending deal unless the House passes legislation before the end of the year to protect undocumented immigrants who came to the country as minors.
Some congressional Republicans have been pushing to postpone a vote re-establishing the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, until next year, but Democrats are pressing to link the immigration measure to a bill the GOP-controlled Congress must pass to fund the government past a December deadline.
When he was running for reelection in 1974, our father, Sen. Jacob Javits, took part in a heated debate at the City Club of New York. He was taking fire from the left and right — from a Democratic rival and a Conservative Party candidate — who shared the same critique: that the third-term progressive Republican senator was too willing to compromise.
The Trump administration is bad for your health.
This administration tried to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which would deprive millions of Americans of their coverage, and it appears they are still trying.
In the midst of the open enrollment season for health insurance under the ACA, the administration is taking steps through executive action to deprive people of insurance.
Washington, DC –Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and her Diabetes Caucus co-chair, Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY), have released a bipartisan request for stakeholders to provide information about whether health plans can pay for insulin based on how well the particular drug product works for patients.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) has introduced the Tobacco to 21 Act (H.R.4273), bicameral legislation that would prohibit the sale of tobacco products to anyone under age 21.
By Diana DeGette
Now's the time to go shopping — no, not for the holidays just yet, but for health insurance coverage.
It's open enrollment season, a time to compare policies and find the coverage that works best for you and your family as the new year approaches.
Even if you're already signed up for health insurance this year, it's a good time to visit connectforhealthco.com and compare plans. You might wind up saving some money. And for most people, financial assistance is available.
Republicans slipped anti-abortion language into the draft of the tax reform bill they released on Thursday. The move is part of an effort by the Trump administration and House Republicans to define life as beginning at conception, with an eye to rolling back Roe v. Wade.
WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill on Friday that would provide five years of funds for the popular Children's Health Insurance Program, over vehement objections from Democrats who opposed the way it would be financed.
The vote, 242 to 174, came a month after funds for the program expired.
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO) today joined Congressman David McKinley (R-WV) in introducing bipartisan legislation that would create a commission to develop a comprehensive energy policy for the United States.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Diana DeGette, along with Senator Michael Bennet and Representatives Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, banded together with more than 200 members of Congress this week to file an Amicus Brief in the case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which will be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5.