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      <excerpt> Speaking at the event, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), who is also a Chairwoman of State and Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee in the House ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Maloney, Eliot Engel, and Jerrold Nadler are in favor of looking at alternate locations while Reps. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) and Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) are against holding the trials in the Big Apple.  Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.) believes the decision lie</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...for another possible alternate site are urging the feds to steer clear. The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Rep. Nita Lowey, whose district includes White Plains, says that city's federal courthouse should not be considered for the trial of the p</excerpt>
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      <title>Newburgh terror trial offer stands while others back off</title>
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      <excerpt> If Manhattan is no good for a trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, neither is Westchester, Rep. Nita Lowey wrote today in a letter to ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Scratch one more New York state terror trial location: Rep. Nita Lowey (D-Westchester) sent a letter to the Justice Department saying that federal court at White Plains should not be considered for the KSM &amp; Co. proceedings.</excerpt>
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      <title>In &quot;Plains&quot;-Speak, &quot;Heck, No!&quot;</title>
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      <excerpt>...which creates black-and-white images of passengers under their clothing. Senior House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., welcomes the plan to spend $215 million on 500 new scanners next year. &quot;The American people understand that th</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &amp;quot;I was proud of his strength in the push for the policies that will help middle class Americans in this weak economy,&amp;quot; said Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison US ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> &#8220;We want to offer our special thanks to Representatives Frank Pallone, Adam Schiff, Anna Eshoo, and Jackie Speier &#8211; and, of course, Nita Lowey &#8211; for their ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> Either call your own congressman/congresswoman or call Congresswoman Nita Lowey in Washington, DC, who has been receiving many complaints already ((202) ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt> This was the largest single increase since 1961, made possible by the leadership of Congressman Sam Farr, Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Congresswoman Kay ... </excerpt>
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      <title>You Did It! A $60M Increase to Peace Corps. Now it&amp;#39;s Back to Work</title>
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      <excerpt>Speaking at the event, Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), who is also a Chairwoman of State and Foreign Appropriations Subcommittee in the House Appropriations Committee, cited difficulties in the ongoing U.S. aid to Israel due to budget  limitations and eco</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Contact your member of Congress and encourage them to support Congresswoman Nita Lowey of New York&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;National Celiac Awareness&amp;quot; legislation, H. Con. Res. 110. This bill will help educate our nation&amp;#39;s leaders so they can gain a better ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>The Yonkers Tribune covered Harckham being endorsed by eleven-term incumbent Nita Lowey, whose 18th Congressional District covers the lower portion of the 89th, and Hall, whose 19th Congressional District covers most of northern ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>What ever happened to Rep. Nita Lowey who got lost in the sauce when the carpetbagger from Illinois/Arkansas wasbrought around? Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:33 AM on 2/07/2010. - + ramal I&amp;#39;m a Fan of ramal I&amp;#39;m a fan of this ...</excerpt>
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