Nita M. Lowey, a veteran legislator from New York who served 16 terms until her retirement after the 116th Congress, died on ...

Longtime U.S. Rep Nita Lowey, 87, of New York,. has died from metastatic breast cancer, her family announced Sunday.

Nita Lowey, the former 16-term congresswoman from New York, has died after a battle with breast cancer, her family says.

Former Rep. Nita Lowey of County, known as a a fierce advocate in Congress for 32 years, died at age 87 after a battle with ...

Former Democratic New York Rep. Nita Lowey died on Saturday after a yearslong battle with breast cancer, according to a ...

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

Former New York Rep. Nita Lowey (D) died on Saturday, her family confirmed in a statement sent to CBS News. “With great ...

The New York Democrat sponsored more than 500 pieces of legislation and co-sponsored thousands more, with more than 400 ...

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

Lowey, the first woman to chair the House Appropriations Committee, represented the Hudson Valley for more than three decades ...

Nita Lowey, the New York representative who became the first woman to lead the budget-setting House Appropriations Committee, ...