WASHINGTON (AP) House Democrats on Tuesday rolled out a far-reaching $1.5 trillion plan that for the first time would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans, with medical providers, employers and the wealthiest picking up most of the tab.

... 165 million by exposing it to new taxes. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said the new 90 percent tax would apply to bonus money paid to employees earning more than $250,000 at ...

... with the progress," said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after $275 billion in tax cuts cleared the House Ways and Means Committee on a party-line vote of 24-13. Democratic leaders have promised the measure will be ready for Obama ...

... not force family members to sell off their land when a loved one dies." The bill has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee. Ron Durst, senior economist for the Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, argues that farmers ...

... anything that is charitable or good," Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said of Obama's call to limit high-income taxpayers' itemized deductions for charitable donations and ...

... said Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. On Tuesday, Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said he, too, had reservations about the proposal. "I would never want to adversely affect anything that ...

... times during his appearance Tuesday before the House Ways and Means Committee. He claimed repeatedly that any deficit increase ... said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Mused House Ways and Means Committee Chairman ...

... legislation calls for a 90 percent tax, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said he expected local and state governments to take the remaining 10 percent of the bonuses. Rangel said ...

... of the Constitution's prohibitions against government takings without due process, Republicans say. Even House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., warned against using the tax code as a political weapon, but later ...

... raising taxes on the few," said Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan, the senior Republican on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee. "But the taxes on those few have huge ramifications on everyone else." At the heart of the debate is Obama ...