House GOP to Obama: take off “Superman cape” and put forth a budget

◼ The House GOP has a message for President Obama: you’re no superhero, so take off the cape and start acting like an adult. - Red Alert Politics

During a press conference on Tuesday morning, members of the House Republican Conference, the House GOP caucus, criticized the President for his inability to pass — or even propose — a balanced federal budget.

“We hope [the President] takes off his Superman cape and sends up a serious plan,” said Conference Vice Chairman Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.).

Jenkins spoke about the need for an “adult” budget strategy. She was joined by Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Conference Chairman Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) and Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), who also gave remarks.

The President is legally required to submit a federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year on the first Monday of February, as mandated by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 and the Budget Act of 1974. This is the fourth year out of five that Obama has failed to do so.