Nita M. Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County for 32 years, ardently supporting liberal causes and playing a key role in shaping legislation to advance them, died on Saturday at her home in Harrison, N.Y. She was 87.
Her death was announced by her family, which said she had metastatic breast cancer.
A Democrat who charmed her constituents and fellow politicians with a warm, grandmotherly image — she was 51 when she was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1988 -Г-жа Лоуи също беше рационален договарящ в Комитета за бюджетни заеми, мощният орган, авторитетен при приемането на закони за разноските на държавното управление.
Тя служи в комисията за съвсем цялото си време във Вашингтон и Роуз да бъде първата жена, която да го води. Нанси Пелоси, калифорнийският демократ, който беше оратор на дома, когато госпожа Лоуи ръ...
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