WASHINGTON – Next week, when the 117th Congress will be sworn in, some familiar faces will not be there. Nita Lowey, chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, is one of them. After 32 years in Congress, Lowey – one of the most influential figures in the Democratic Party and a staunch supporter of Israel – announced in 2019 that she intends to retire and did not seek reelection this cycle.“I have had an extraordinary 32 years,” she told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Thursday. “It is time to move on, but I loved every bit of it.”She said that during that time, it had been an hono…
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