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Colorado Rep. DeGette’s 21st Century Cures Act moves on to Senate

DENVER, CO. - APRIL 30: Corgresswoman Diana DeGette delivers remarks during the ÒThe Civil SoirŽe.Ó at the McNichols Building in Civic Center, Denver CO, April 30, 2013. One Colorado put on the party on the eve of civil unions becoming law in Colorado. Later in the evening many couples plan to cross the street to the Webb Building and begin applying for their civil union licenses at midnight on May 01, 2013 when the Civil Union Act takes effect. Colorado became the latest state to recognize the legal rights of same-sex couples Ñ through marriage or civil unions Ñ when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed state Senate Bill 11 into law March 21.
DENVER, CO. – APRIL 30: Corgresswoman Diana DeGette delivers remarks during the ÒThe Civil SoirŽe.Ó at the McNichols Building in Civic Center, Denver CO, April 30, 2013. One Colorado put on the party on the eve of civil unions becoming law in Colorado. Later in the evening many couples plan to cross the street to the Webb Building and begin applying for their civil union licenses at midnight on May 01, 2013 when the Civil Union Act takes effect. Colorado became the latest state to recognize the legal rights of same-sex couples Ñ through marriage or civil unions Ñ when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed state Senate Bill 11 into law March 21.
DENVER, CO. - JULY 18: Denver Post's Electa Draper on Thursday July 18, 2013. (Photo By Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)
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The U.S. House of Representatives Friday passed the , legislation to speed up clinical trials and invest more heavily in medical research, by a vote of 344 to 77.

The nonpartisan legislation co-authored by Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colorado, seeks to modernize the health care system, spend more on science, speed up medical innovation and better incorporate patients’ perspectives.

The bill moves on to the Senate.

Electa Draper: 303-954-1276, edraper@denverpost.com or twitter.com/electadraper

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