Kay Granger, trailblazing Texas congresswoman, dead at 83

Source: www.rollcall.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center · Published: Sun, 02 Aug 2026 23:55:23 GMT

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 […]

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