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Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 3rd district of the State of Nevada, since 2009.

Contents 1 Positions, record and controversies 1.1 Education 1.2 Veterans 1.3 Economy 2 Bio 2.1 2008 elections 3 Money in Politics 4 Committees and affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.2 Affiliations 4.3 Endorsements 5 Contact 6 Articles and resources 6.1 See also 6.2 References 6.3 External resources 6.4 External articles

Positions, record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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During the campaign, Titus took the following issue positions:

Education

Titus said she would work to improve education by making early childhood education available to more people, fully fund No Child Left Behind, and make college less expensive by pushing for expanded student aid through direct lending rather than through banks.^[1]

Veterans

Titus said she supported fully funding the Veterans Administration so that it can provide quality resources and support to veterans. ^[1]

Economy

Titus said she supports increasing the use of renewable energies as a method of stimulating the economy and creating jobs. She proposed focusing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on developing new electric transmission corridors dedicated to renewable power, expanding grant opportunities for existing and new research and technology programs, and extending the solar investment tax credit and the production tax credit for wind power for 10 years to increase investment in renewable energy plants.^[1]

Bio

Alice Costandina "Dina" Titus was a Nevada State Senator who represented Nevada's Clark County Senate District 7. First elected to the Nevada legislature in 1988, Titus was also a professor of Political Science at UNLV and the author of two books.

Titus won the Democratic nomination for the 2006 Nevada gubernatorial election, but was defeated by current Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons. [1]

2008 elections

Titus won the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.), and went on to defeat Porter in the November 2008 general election.^[1]

Money in Politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Station Casinos	$ 15,000
ActBlue	$ 13,720
Rocky Research	$ 13,450
AKT Development	$ 12,900
MGM Mirage	$ 12,800
University of Nevada	$ 12,579
League of Conservation Voters	$ 11,300
EMILY's List	$ 11,250
State of Nevada	$ 11,000
Service Employees International Union	$ 10,500
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site. Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.

Links to more campaign contribution information for Alice Titus from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation:	2008 election cycle	Career totals
Top contributors by industry:	2008 election cycle	Career totals

• Revolving door profile for Alice Titus from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Alice Titus from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Alice Titus from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Education and Labor
  • Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education
  • Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness
• House Committee on Homeland Security
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines & Hazardous Materials
  • Subcommittee on Water Resources & Environment

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Affiliations

Endorsements

Contact

DC office
319 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-3252 Fax: 202-225-2185 Webform email
District offices
8215 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 205, Las Vegas, NV 89123 Ph: (702) 387-4941 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. YouTube channel
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and resources

See also

• Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
  • Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
• U.S. presidential election, 2008
  • U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
• Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

References

External resources

• DemConWatch - A very comprehensive list of superdelegates and known commitments. Please use this as a starting point and double check by doing a news search to make sure the data is accurate. If you have a tip, let them know.
• WashingtonPost.com - Web site with full listing of superdelegates broken out by state and then type.

Dina Titus for Congress campaign website

External articles

Semantic data

From the Sunlight Foundation API
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Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
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Committees: House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House Committee on Education and Labor
110th Congress
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Congressional Career
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District Offices:
8215 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 205, Las Vegas, NV 89123 Phone: (702) 387-4941 / Fax: (702) 837-0728
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Latitude: 36°2′22.574″N
Longitude: 115°7′8.393″W