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

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

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

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

She married attorney Stephen Lowey in 1961, and was first elected to Congress in 1988 to represent New York’s 17th ...

Nita Lowey, who represented New York in the US House of Representatives for 32 years and was the first woman to chair the ...

Advertisement Lowey, a strident Democrat who served Westchester County for 32 years, was first elected to the House in 1988 at age 51 ... legislator" by Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ...

Flags were flying at half-staff in New York Monday in honor of former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who died at age 87 on Saturday ...

The Democrat – a staunch ally of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and friend of the Clintons ... Lowey was first elected to Congress in 1988, serving three decades and 16 terms until ...

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