Ryan urging GOP to run on his budget

The Republican chairman of the House Budget Committee, concerned that his party may get weak-kneed about making deep spending cuts and painful entitlement reforms next year, is calling on Republican congressional candidates to pledge their support of that aggressive agenda when they face voters this fall.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told editors and reporters of the Washington Examiner on Thursday that he’s worried that even if Republicans regain the White House and Senate in November, they would still shy away from passing the budget plan he crafted to make unprecedented cuts to domestic spending and major changes to Medicare, including raising the eligibility age.