Indiana Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz on Monday announced she would consider resigning from Congress if the legislature does not soon create a commission to address the mounting national debt.

“I’ve done many very difficult things being one woman standing many times with many very long hours and personal sacrifices, but there is a limitation to human capacity,” she said in a statement. “If Congress does not pass a debt commission this year to move the needle on the crushing national debt and inflation, at least at the next debt ceiling increase at the end of 2024, I will not continue sacrificing my children for this circus with a complete absence of leadership, vision, and spine. I cannot save this Republic alone.”

[Just for Ss and Gs, I took a look at Spartz’ campaign website to see what she says about national debt. There isn’t a word about entitlement reform, which is what is driving the debt. Instead, Spartz wants to “tak[e] a critical look at the unnecessary spending of the federal government,” ie, discretionary spending. That’s worth doing for its own reasons, but it’s only going to slow down (and incrementally) the pace of growth in deficits and debt, not stop or eliminate them. Until Congress muscles up and deals with the runaway spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security — which are funded by statute and not by appropriations — then we will never gain ground on deficits and debt. It’s also worth noting that the Freedom Caucus shot down a CR that actually *did* reduce spending by 8%, which forced McCarthy to push a clean CR in its place. — Ed]