Kay Granger
Norvell Kay Granger is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district from 1997 to 2025. A Republican, Granger chaired the House Committee on Appropriations from 2023 to 2024.
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The former Texas Republican congresswoman, first GOP woman to chair House Appropriations, died Sunday at 83.
Centrists remember Granger as an institutionalist and appropriator who could make deals, a style now rare.