NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87. Lowey’s family ...

Former House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey, a popular Congresswoman (D-NY) who served as a lawmaker for 32 years, has died. Born Nita Sue Melnikoff in the Bronx, she died Saturday at the ...

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Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House ...