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      <excerpt>...to 96 percent of all eligible Americans within 10 years.  Colorado Democrats supporting the bill are U.S. Reps. John Salazar, Ed Perlmutter, Jared Polis and Diana DeGette.  The Republicans opposing it are U.S. Reps. Mike Coffman and Doug Lamborn. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...to back the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2009, or House Bill 2476, sponsored by Colorado's Rep. Diana DeGette.  Katz told the committee there were 57.8 million skier and snowboarder visits on average at Vail Resorts' mountains ov</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Current law generally bars using federal money for abortion except for rape, incest or to save the mother's life. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., a leader in the Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus, said Ellsworth's proposal likely would to be incorporated in </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Cemetery in Denver and the Fort Lyon National Cemetery near Las Animas. Both are about 70 miles away. The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Cemetery in Denver and the Fort Lyon National Cemetery near Las Animas. Both are about 70 miles away. The bill was sponsored by Salazar. Co-sponsors include Reps. Diana DeGette, Doug Lamborn, Betsy Markey, Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis, all of Colorado.</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...process &#8212; born of high stakes and deep divisions &#8212; has few parallels in recent congressional history. &quot;It was unruly,&quot; said Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and vice chairwoman of one of three committees that wrote the bills which were combined into the</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Unlike the over-reaching wilderness bill introduced by Denver Congresswoman Diana DeGette earlier this year, Salazar didn&amp;#39;t attempt to reach into other ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Tempers flared. A Democratic congressman told House Republicans, who then told the Huffington Post, that Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) was asked to leave a leadership meeting where the pro-life agreement was being considered. ...</excerpt>
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