Meeting with Office of Congresswoman Titus

Feeling compelled to completed my civic duty, I asked for a meeting with Dina Titus, my local congresswoman, in order to petition her to not vote for the new healthcare legislation as well as to express my opinions to her on the topic. It took me about one month to get the appointment, and it was not with her, but rather as staffperson Susan.

I have to say that despite generally being on the other side of the isle from her politically, I give her a lot of credit for offering a staffperson to meet with me. The staffperson was genuinely interested in hearing my side of things and completely open to answering my question. She was very interested in my hospice nursing experience. Also, Titus did not vote for the HR 3200 bill in her committee because she felt that it would not include enough small businesses.

That being said Congresswoman Dina Titus is for "healthcare reform" as her staffperson stated and is supporting some form of a public option. It sounds to me like she will vote for some form of this bill. However, the staffperson would not say which way she would vote, only that she is waiting to receive the final version before making a decision.

This meeting was no was not a watershed moment ans will not be changing any votes, but I was so grateful not only to express my views to my congressperson but also to participate in the democratic process. I thank Congresswoman Titus for the opportunity