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 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.

“With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 87, ...

Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement at the end of the 116th Congress, ...

Lowey died on Saturday surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren in her home in Harrison, New York. "Nita has ...

Nita Lowey, a powerful member of Congress for decades while representing parts of downstate New York, has died. She was 87. Lowey, who represented much of Westchester as well as Rockland County ...

March 16 (UPI) --Longtime U.S. Rep Nita Lowey, 87, of New York,. has died from metastatic breast cancer, her family announced Sunday. "She sponsored life-changing legislation in the fields of ...

said she died Saturday after battling metastatic breast cancer. NEW YORK - Former long-serving U.S. Representative Nita Lowey ...