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Former House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey Dies at 87

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Former House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey Dies at 87
Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) speaks during hearings on President Donald Trump's first budget attended by Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and CEO of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 28, 2017. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Former Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, died on March 15 at the age of 87.

Lowey’s family said the cause was breast cancer in a statement released by the Westchester County Democratic Committee.
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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