Colorado Progressive

Colorado & The Nation

Entries Tagged as 'Diana DeGette'

More About Abortion & Health Care for Women and Children

March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform

Yesterday I wrote that I didn’t think Diana DeGette and other strongly pro-choice Democrats would scuttle health care reform over the crappy deal women are bound to get out of any bill that eventually arrives at some compromise language on abortion. Matt Yglesias cites Theda Skocpol and offers further support for my read of the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ··

Health Care Reform, Abortion Language, and Diana DeGette

March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Health care reform

The Denver Post highlights House Democrats’ health care conundrums relative to endangered seats (Betsy Markey) and abortion language (Diana DeGette).
I can see the challenge facing a fractured Democratic caucus in an election year, and to be frank I’m not getting my hopes up for Betsy Markey’s vote.  DeGette is a different story, however, and contra [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ····