Former Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, died on Saturday, according to a statement from her family sent to CBS. “With great sadness ...

Nita Lowey, a former Democratic congresswoman who represented parts of Westchester and Rockland counties and the Bronx for 32 years, died at her home in Westchester on Saturday, March 15 ...

Fried Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district ... and playing a key role in shaping legislation to advance them, died on Saturday at her home in Harrison, N.Y. She was 87.

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, who represented New York in Congress for 32 years and became the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, died at 87, her family said. The Democrat – a ...

Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement at the end of the 116th Congress, died on Saturday. The cause was breast cancer, her family announced.

Nita M. Lowey, a liberal New York Democrat who won ... as the first female chair of the House Appropriations Committee, died March 15 at her home in Harrison, New York. She was 87.

Former New York Rep. Nita Lowey (D) died on Saturday, her family confirmed in a statement sent to CBS News. “With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died ...