Chris Wal­lace (FOX News Sun­day): “On Capi­tol Hill, Repub­li­cans and Democ­rats are bat­tling over a few bil­lion dol­lars in gov­ern­ment spend­ing, while fac­ing the dead­line for a par­tial gov­ern­ment shut­down next Fri­day. But this week, the House GOP will unveil a new bud­get for next year, that would cut tril­lions of dol­lars. Here with a first look at the plan, Con­gress­man Paul Ryan, Chair­man of the House Bud­get Com­mit­tee. Con­gress­man, wel­come back to Fox News Sunday.”

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Dur­ing this inter­view, Ryan states that his party’s bud­get pro­posal for 2012 would cut deficits by more than $4 tril­lion over the next decade, vow­ing to tackle costly enti­tle­ments like Medicare and Med­ic­aid. The pro­posal, set to be unveiled Tues­day, would serve as the Repub­li­cans’ offi­cial response to Pres­i­dent Obama’s pro­posed $3.7 tril­lion bud­get for 2012. He also accused Obama of “punt­ing” and said “Repub­li­cans’ plan would exceed the fis­cal goals set by the president’s fis­cal com­mis­sion — which issued a report call­ing for $4 tril­lion in cuts. “We can’t keep kick­ing this can down the road,” Ryan said. “The pres­i­dent has punted. We’re not going to fol­low suit.” Read more on Fox News —»»