"With great sadness, we announce that former Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey died peacefully on March 15 at the age of 87, surrounded by her loving husband, children, and grandchildren, in her home in ...

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 ...

Nita M. Lowey, a liberal New York ... 16 terms to one of the top positions on Capitol Hill as the first female chair of the House Appropriations Committee, died March 15 at her home in Harrison ...

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.

The Nita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act became the largest investment of any single country in Israeli-Palestinian civil society initiatives. Now, it is in jeopardy as all the ...

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 ...

Nita Lowey, the former New York congresswoman who represented many of New York City's northern suburbs for over three decades ...

Flags were flying at half-staff in New York Monday in honor of former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who died at age 87 on Saturday following a fight with breast cancer.

Former long-serving U.S. Representative Nita Lowey of New York passed away at the age of 87. She was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, among many other ...