Diana Degette

Politician

Birthday July 29, 1957

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Japan

Age 67 years old

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About

Democrat politician who became a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado's 1st district in 1997. In 2008 she released a book called Sex, Science, and Stem Cells: Inside the Right Wing Assault on Reason.

Before Fame

She received her law degree from New York University in 1982 before being elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 1992.

Trivia

While in the Colorado House of Representatives she authored a law, also known as the Bubble Bill, which guarantees Colorado women unobstructed access to abortion clinics and other medical care facilities.

Family Life

She has two daughters with her husband Lino Lipinsky, a partner in the law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge.

Associated With

In 2007 Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed her to the House Page Board.