Congressional Debate

Congress

Congress Docket for Grapevine Classic:

Prelims: 1, 3, 5, 7

Semis: 12, 16, 18, 20 

Finals:  22, 23, 27, 28

Extra Notes on Congress:

*Each school may run ONE presiding officer per chamber.  

*Presiding officers in Semis and Finals will be elected from the Prelim Presiding officer pool.

* In accordance with Texas Forensic Association rules, parliamentarians in each session will be responsible for creating and distributing a preset precedence chart for their chambers. This chart is to include all competitors and must be made available to the entire chamber before debate begins. Before precedence and recency are established, this chart will be used to determine speaking order. https://www.random.org/lists/ is a great resource, but ultimately how the list is generated is up to Parli discretion.  

*Direct questioning will be utilized throughout the tournament, including in prelims and semifinals.

*Congress rules can be found at: TXFA Constitution

*2021 Grapevine Classic Docket will be the Fall docket of legislation which can be found at: TXFA Fall 2021 Congress Docket

* Prelims will feature small rooms of less than 10 competitors and will have exactly two hours of floor debate. Semis will feature small rooms of no more than 12 competitors and will have exactly two hours of floor debate. Finals will feature a small room of no more than 12 competitors and will have exactly two hours of floor debate.

* Recesses do not count towards floor debate, but rounds are allotted NO MORE than a total of ten minutes worth of recess time. For example, if a round starts at 3 PM and two five-minute recesses are taken, the round should adjourn by 5:10 PM.