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

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

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 stayed home for 13 years to raise her children while serving as a PTA president in the Bronx. Then Mario Cuomo ...

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

Nita Lowey, a Jewish Democrat from New York who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years, has died at 87.

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, who represented New York in Congress for 32 years and became the first woman to chair the House ...

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

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