A bill to keep the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funded during the shutdown garnered bipartisan support yesterday, with Democratic Colorado Congressmen Jared Polis and Ed Perlmutter joining House Republicans to pass the bill 247-164. Denver Congresswoman Diana DeGette didn’t show up for the vote.
The White House has not taken a stance on the measure, despite supporting a bill that would provide back pay to federal workers once the shutdown ends.
The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate, where Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet will have to decide whether to provide funding for this critical federal agency during shutdown negotiations, or continue refusing to fund anything but the entire federal government.
DeGette doesn't care about Colorado any more than her predecessor Patsy Schroeder did. The former Rep couldn't move out of Colorado fast enough after she left Congress. I expect DeGette to do the same.
Should quit digging now.
I think DeGette's choice not to vote is telling. It shows she is too partisan to help out her own constituents and too cowardly to even take a stand, or she might not take her job seriously and believes that it is acceptable to miss important House votes. Either way she doesn't deserve her seat