Congressional Debate Study Guide Flashcards
What does Congress have the power to do?
- Raise taxes and spend tax revenues to fund the military and general welfare programs (education, law enforcement, social security, etc.)
- Declare war
- Make laws required to carry out the enumerated powers, including laws to benefit the general welfare of U.S. citizens
How long are speeches?
3 minutes
How long is the cross examination for the first affirming and negating speakers?
2 minutes
How long are regular cross examinations?
1 minutes
Each speech should begin with an…
Attention-Grabbing Device (AGD)
The first person to give a congressional speech is always the…
Author
If the author is not present, then a ______ gives the first speech in the affirmative.
Sponsor
The ___________ is in charge of running the chamber, which includes calling for motions, deciding the speaking order, etc.
Presiding Officer (P.O.)
In high school congressional debate, ___________ write the legislation that is debated in the chamber.
high school students; we
Section 1
State the new policy in one or a few brief declarative sentence(s)
Section 2
Define ambiguous terms not obviously clear or technical in nature
Section 3
Name the government agency(ies) that will oversee enforcement along with the specific enforcement mechanism
Section 4
This legislation will take effect on [insert date here, formatted as “FY 2021” or “July 1, 2021” but not “July 1st”].
Once the chamber votes to end debate on a bill, they will vote to either pass or defeat the legislation. This vote has __________________. You can still place first, even if you are on the losing side of the legislation.
no warranting on the winner of the chamber
Three important components of the Toulmin Model
-Claim
-Warrant
-Impact
