Former House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger, the first Republican woman to lead the powerful spending committee, has died at the age of 83. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced her death in a Sunday night post on X, calling her a “dear friend who will be greatly missed.” “Throughout her career, she broke barriers for women […]

Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and who served for nearly three decades, has died. Her son J.D.

Former Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger died at the age of 83, Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed.