A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.