Subject: Diana DeGette

• A Real Page-Turner

  October 3, 2006

• Welcome to Demver

  November 13, 2007

• DeGettin Busy

  November 28, 2007

• The Last Gasp

  May 13, 2008

• Diane DeGette Testifies on a Hot Topic

  July 30, 2008

• The Colorado officials who bucked the bailout -- and those who went along

  September 30, 2008

• Off Limits

  August 13, 1998

• Hot food, hot topics at 8 Rivers

  November 12, 2008

• Wake-Up Call: An open Senate seat means more musical chairs

  At parties and openings, all the talk is about who's going to take Ken Salazar's seat in the U.S. Senate -- it's a lot more fun than talking about the economy -- and what spot might then open up. If outgoing Speaker of the House Andrew Romanoff gets the nod, there's no game of musical chairs, because he won't leave a vacancy. If Diana DeGette leaves the House for the Senate, there would suddenly be a slot open in the coveted 1st Congressional District, a safe seat for just about any Democrat.

  December 17, 2008

• Wake-Up Call: Who's on (the) first?

  A few weeks ago, Diana DeGette, Colorado's representative for the 1st Congressional District, had lunch with Ken Salazar, the Colorado senator who'd early on been rumored to be in the running for a position in the Barack Obama cabinet. "No, it's not going to happen," he told her. Yesterday, it happened: Obama named Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior. The rumors that Salazar was back in the mix surfaced a few days ago -- and that's when DeGette's phone started ringing. As the senior

  December 18, 2008

• Diana DeGette's "chattering class"

  Diana DeGette wants to be Colorado's first female Senator - maybe - but Denver's U.S. Representative has gone about making that known in a strangely blunt and abrasive way, namely by calling out Governor Bill Ritter, who will choose a a new one, and by bashing the "chattering class." In a video posted in various places on the Internet, DeGette says, "Colorado has never had a woman senator or a woman governor, and so, in a way, this is the perfect time... And the other thing I will say is I don

  December 24, 2008

• Wake-Up Call: Watch the fireworks...over the Senate nomination

  Denver's fireworks display won't officially start until 9 p.m. December 31 (with a repeat performance at midnight), but there have already been plenty of explosive discussions over who, exactly, Governor Bill Ritter should nominate to fill Ken Salazar's soon-to-be-empty Senate seat -- and what coveted slot might then be empty. So far, the most talked-about spots are the first congressional district seat now occupied by Diana DeGette -- which could be vacant if Ritter buys DeGette's argument t

  December 29, 2008

• Best Next Job for Wilma Webb

  March 29, 2001

• Off Limits

  February 7, 2002

• Follow That Story

  May 16, 2002

• Shmuck of the Week: Peter Boyles

  Peter Boyles's show isn't popular for its intelligent discourse. Sure, the longtime Denver radio shock jock is a smart man himself and he gets plenty of intelligent people on his program, but things typically devolve quickly. As with most radio shows, ratings trump reason. But Vagina DeJette? Seriously, Peter? That's how you roll? On Wednesday, Boyles (pictured here with a member of the fairer sex) was talking with previous Shmuck of the Week award winner and state senator Dave Schultheis of C

  February 20, 2009

• Is it Peter Boyles, Peter Boils or Boil Peters?

  Peter Boyles. The name game took a loopy twist after Colorado Media Matters published an item last Wednesday attacking KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles for referring to Congresswoman Diana DeGette as "Vagina DeGette" and "Vagina DeJet," for reasons that are too dopey to explain -- although CMM did so at length in its initial item, as well as not one but two follow-up blogs. And as if that weren't enough, two Denver Post scribes, staffer Chuck Plunkeet and columnist Susan Greene, subsequently we

  February 23, 2009

• The Susan Greene-Peter Boyles vagina dialogue

  Susan Greene. Shortly after this morning's blog "Peter Boyles, Peter Boils or Boil Peters?" went live, Denver Post columnist Susan Greene joined the aforementioned Boyles on his KHOW radio show to debate the subject of the item: Boyles' reference to Congresswoman Diana DeGette as "Vagina DeGette" and "Vagina DeJet" during programs last week. The result was chaos and hilarity, most of it unintended. Click "Continue" to enjoy some highlights of the exchange.

  February 23, 2009

• Bad news: Peter Boyles' radio show now vagina-free

  Peter Boyles. The craziness couldn't go on indefinitely. In an attempt to quiet the controversy caused by KHOW radio host Peter Boyles' off-the-cuff decision to call Congresswoman Diana DeGette "Vagina DeGette" and "Vagina DeJet" (documented in blogs such as "Is It Peter Boyles, Peter Boils or Boil Peters?" and "The Susan Greene-Peter Boyles Vagina Dialogue"), his immediate supervisor, Clear Channel Denver exec Kris Olinger, told him to put a sock in the V-talk -- a development reported in this

  February 24, 2009

• Thirst Fridays

  A mellow mix of booze and art goes down easy at First Fridays.

  February 28, 2008

• Who should replace Salazar in the Senate? Go straight to the Hart.

  December 25, 2008

• Planned Parenthood's scheme to bust abortion protesters

  September 25, 2008

• Best or Bust!

  July 3, 2008

• Women's Work

  Colorado activists struck first on domestic violence.

  June 11, 1998

• Liberty for All

  Runners and walkers lace up for freedom.

  June 28, 2007

• The Case of the Missing License

  Congress is putting on the squeeze, but Colorado's private investigators still can't agree how -- or if -- they should be regulated.

  August 10, 2006

• Doin' It With DeGette

  Diana DeGette gets played, not laid, on The Colbert Report.

  June 29, 2006

• Next Up

  Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art breaks ground on its new building.

  May 11, 2006

• Race Card

  Immigration issues deal the media a tough hand.

  January 26, 2006

• Across State Lines

  A representative sampling of our congressional candidates.

  October 21, 2004

• Screen and Screen Again

  Forget Victoria's Secret. Argenbright Security has a few secrets of its own.

  October 18, 2001

• Off Limits

  Let them eat tulips...

  October 7, 1999

• The New Turks

  April 1, 1999

• Off Limits

  December 3, 1998

• Plugging In to D.C.

  How Washington lobbyists--and some politicians--cash in on Colorado's local governments.

  April 30, 1998

• Letters

  March 12, 1998

• Off Limits

  March 5, 1998

• The Million Fan March

  February 5, 1998

• Off Limits

  July 18, 1996

• THE TAXMAN COMETH

  A PROMINENT COLORADO LEGISLATOR FINALLY PAYS HER DEBT TO SOCIETY.

  December 14, 1994

• Denver Blogs: Ask, tell, shout it from the trenches

  Jared Polis A leisurely stroll through the local blogosphere. Send tips. Jared Polis and Diana DeGette don't ask but tell Obama to kill Don't Ask Don't Tell. (Colorado Independent) In Aurora, a curious play to discourage new construction. (Face the State) A Denver illustrator whose work you should know. Or at least look at. (Denver Egotist)

  June 23, 2009

• Safety first: Diana DeGette provides food for thought

  Sometime this morning, right after the full House votes on the Food Safety Enhancement Act (the discussion starts at 8:30 a.m. MST), Representative Diana DeGette and other members of the working group that pushed the measure will hold a press conference to discuss its ramifications. In anticipation of this day, which DeGette has been waiting for a long, long time, she penned a food-safety op-ed discussing how provisions in this bill will improve the country's food-safety system, with provisions

  July 29, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Diana DeGette on the line

  "It's for you, Diana...."​A blogging we will go -- but where? Tell us. Face the State headlines that Democrat Diana DeGette's only town-hall meeting during the House recess will be by phone -- but buries the fact that Republican Mike Coffman is among Colorado reps who haven't scheduled any sessions at all. We're shocked -- shocked! (Face the State) The Rockies can't decide on a center fielder. Stuck in the middle with who? (Purple Row) A paean to Cold Hop British-Style Ale. Suck one tod

  August 4, 2009

• Nancy Pelosi in the hizzy

  The lightning rod named Nancy Pelosi.​The U.S. House of Representatives is on recess -- but that doesn't necessarily mean its members are having fun. They'll likely spend much of their time off pimping healthcare reform -- and to that end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- the woman with giant eyes that seem capable of boring holes through lead walls -- is making a Denver-area appearance alongside two fellow Democrats, locals Diana DeGette and Jared Polis, at the Stout Street Clinic, 2100 Broa

  August 5, 2009

• Pelosi appearance: Free (and often stupid) speech lives

  Just because speech is free in America doesn't mean it's always enlightening. That truth comes through loud and clear from the video above, assembled by Fireside Productions during Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's visit yesterday to the Stout Street Clinic, 2100 Broadway -- an effort by Democratic powerhouses to promote pending healthcare legislation. Among the enlightened remarks was this one, shouted by a reform opponent: "It's true! The government will choose to kill people instead of sa

  August 7, 2009

• Diana DeGette belatedly getting her healthcare on

  Diana DeGette.​Back on August 4, the conservative Face the State website (which is currently in limbo as it attempts to restructure), went out of its way to slap Congresswoman Diana DeGette for scheduling only one healthcare town hall -- over the phone. At the time, a number of congressional reps on both sides of the aisle, including Betsy Markey and Mike Coffman, hadn't firmly slated any public meetings, so singling DeGette out seemed baldly partisan -- which helps explain why KHOW's Dan

  September 1, 2009

• Proof that Diana DeGette actually met with voters at a healthcare town hall

  Even after Congresswoman Diana DeGette announced a slew of in-person healthcare town halls to supplement a previously scheduled teleconference, she was still portrayed in some quarters as trying to dodge face-to-face interaction on the subject. Note the accusations leveled by a Ron Paul supporter who posted a video critical of her. Now, however, there's plenty of video proof that she took on questions aplenty during a stop at National Jewish Health's Molly Blank Conference Center on Thursday. T

  September 8, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Could teachers work year-round? Would they?

  ​Our daily perusal of local web goodness. At HuffPo Denver, Alan Gottlieb writes that we need to demand more of our teachers -- and compensate them accordingly (H/T Education News Colorado). With Dems in control, Congresswoman Diana DeGette might finally be in position to save some wilderness, Colorado Independent reports. Denver Egotist points out that letter press shops are popping up around Denver -- and they have photos to prove it.

  October 7, 2009

• Abortion rights a hill Diana DeGette's willing to die on in healthcare debate

  Will Nancy Pelosi get so mad at Diana DeGette that she actually blinks?​Just because the House of Representatives passed a healthcare bill this weekend doesn't mean it'll stay passed. Denver congresswoman Diana DeGette is leading a group of reproductive-rights supporters who are mad as hell that the version of the legislation okayed on Saturday contains an amendment co-authored by Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak that builds on the barriers already in place (most notably the 1976 Hyde Amendme

  November 10, 2009

• Denver Blogs: Woody Paige vs. Bronco Talk

  Photo by Brett AmoleWoody Paige has opinions -- and he isn't afraid to use them.​These are some Denver-centric blogs we enjoyed reading today. Bronco Talk's Kyle Montgomery notes that the Post's Woody Paige dismissed him as "some kid in Arizona who is a Broncos fan and writes a blog, without proper grammar or punctuation or understanding, from his mom's laundry room." Of course, Woody's the one who thought starting Chris Simms was a good idea... According to the Colorado Independent's J

  November 19, 2009