The co-chairs of the Congressional Gaming Caucus introduced bipartisan legislation Friday that would repeal a 0.25% federal excise tax – often referred to as the “handle tax” – that is placed on most legal sports bets, Representatives Dina Titus, D-Nevada, and Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pennsylvania, said the tax hurts the nation’s expanding legal sports betting… Read more »

A House spending bill for the Department of Energy includes legislative language tucked into the draft by Rep. Dina Titus that would prevent the Trump administration from resuming nuclear weapons testing in Nevada, officials said Monday. Titus, D-Nev., filed a bill last month, with companion legislation introduced by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., that would prevent a resumption of nuclear… Read more »

Changing public attitudes about racial inequality could propel a legislative effort to make Juneteenth — a day to recognize the end of slavery — a new federal holiday. Lawmakers are already taking extraordinary steps following the spate of recent incidents involving the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police. Ahead of Juneteenth, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,… Read more »

The Trump administration has revised the rules for those with criminal convictions to receive Paycheck Protection Program loans in order to expand participation in the program. Originally, anyone with a criminal conviction or who had been in a diversion program in the past five years could not participate. But at the urging of lawmakers led by Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., the Small… Read more »

A high-stakes game of global saber rattling has prompted warnings from China and legislation filed by Democrats in the House and Senate to prohibit the Trump administration from resuming nuclear tests in Nevada ahead of an expiring arms reduction treaty. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., have filed companion bills in the House and Senate to prevent nuclear testing at… Read more »

July 24, 2020
Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District celebrated the passage of several of her key priorities that were included in a package of House funding bills. Read more »

July 24, 2020
Representatives Dina Titus (NV-1) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Gaming Caucus, introduced bipartisan legislation to repeal the 0.25% excise tax placed on all legal sports bets, known as the “handle tax.” Read more »

July 21, 2020
Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released a statement after voting to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a veto-proof majority. Read more »

July 20, 2020
Representatives Dina Titus (NV-1) and John Katko (NY-24) led 127 of their colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter urging House leadership to provide $1.7 billion for Head Start in upcoming pandemic-related relief measures. Read more »

July 20.2020
Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District introduced a bill to provide K-12 schools and colleges with $90 billion in pandemic relief. The Reopen Schools Safely Act is companion legislation to a bill introduced by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and co-sponsored by Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Doug Jones (D-AL). Read more »