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.Video above: Remembering those we lost ...

Former Congressmember Nita Lowey died Saturday at 87 after battling metastatic breast cancer, her family said in a statement Sunday. “Nita has quietly and bravely battled metastatic breast cancer in ...

Nita Lowey, a Jewish Democrat from New York who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years, has died at 87. Lowey’s family announced her death on Sunday, six years after she retired from ...

NEW YORK -- 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, in a ...

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, we announce ...

NEW YORK CITY -- Nita Lowey, former longtime New York representative and the first woman to lead the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, has died at the age of 87. Lowey died on Saturday surrounded ...