NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87. Lowey’s family ...

Former House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey, a popular Congresswoman (D-NY) who served as a lawmaker for 32 years, has died. Born Nita Sue Melnikoff in the Bronx, she died Saturday at the ...

Colorado’s independent liquor stores won a resounding victory Thursday as a state House committee unanimously approved a bill ...

Colorado’s independent liquor stores won a resounding victory Thursday as a state House committee unanimously ... Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. “Spirits as a whole are ...

Ex-US Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat Who Chaired Powerful House Appropriations Committee, Dies NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the ...

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It would not include any funds for any earmarks for projects in lawmakers’ districts or states ... the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. “By essentially closing the book ...

House Republicans are proposing increases to national defense spending while reducing spending on domestic programs in a ...

Republicans needed overwhelming support from their members to pass the funding measure, and they got it in the 217-213 House ...

House Appropriations Committee ranking member ... A swarm of dust storms and tornadoes tore across the southern United States over the weekend, killing at least 35 people and leaving behind ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) surprised Washington on Thursday by announcing on the Senate floor that he would vote to advance a House Republican-drafted six-month government ...