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

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 ...

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 ...

Nita M. Lowey, a liberal New York Democrat who won a seat in Congress in her early 50s and rose over 16 terms to one of the ...

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

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

Nita Lowey become assistant secretary of state in 1988 when she defeated a Republican incumbent to enter Congress. She then ...