Nita Lowey

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Nita Lowey is an American Democratic politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives for over three decades and chaired the powerful House Appropriations Committee.

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instanceOf American politician
human
member of the Democratic Party (United States)
announcedRetirement 2019
committeeMembership United States House Committee on Appropriations NERFINISHED
United States House Committee on Homeland Security (former member, via subcommittees and reorganization)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1937-07-05
educatedAt Mount Holyoke College NERFINISHED
New York University
endorsed Barack Obama NERFINISHED
Hillary Clinton NERFINISHED
Joe Biden NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Lowey NERFINISHED
givenName Nita NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf biographical articles in major U.S. news outlets
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
notableFor first woman to chair the U.S. House Appropriations Committee
notableWork leadership on annual federal appropriations bills
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
officeEndTime 2021
officeStartTime 1989
partyAffiliation Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth New York City
politicalFocus education funding
foreign aid
health care
transportation and infrastructure
positionHeld Chair of the United States House Committee on Appropriations
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th congressional district
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th congressional district
United States representative NERFINISHED
precededBy Rodney Frelinghuysen as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
religion Judaism
representedArea State of New York NERFINISHED
residence Harrison, New York NERFINISHED
retiredFromCongress 2021
sexOrGender female
spouse Stephen Lowey NERFINISHED
stateRepresented New York NERFINISHED
succeededBy Rosa DeLauro as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
supported increased federal education spending
robust U.S. foreign assistance programs
workLocation Washington, D.C.

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