Isidore Newman School Invitational
2023 — New Orleans, LA/US
Congress Procedures & Legislations
The bills that will be debate in preliminary and semifinal sessions are now available. Please see the link below:
Congress Finals
We will continue to use an open-ended approach to the Final Session of Congress. There will be no bills or resolutions. Debaters simply give speeches on what should be done, and/or they directly clash with previous speakers.
Final session area for 2023: The Appropriate Role of the United States in International Conflicts and/or Human Rights Violations
Debaters should discuss in what ways and under what circumstances, if any, the US should provide military assistance, apply trade policies, or use any other tools in its foreign policy apparatus to address the situation.
Past topic areas:
2011 - US debt
2012 - US policy in the Middle East
2013 - US immigration policy
2014 - Election reform in the US
2015 - US trade policy
2016 - US policy toward Russia
2017 - US health care system
2018 – US federal safety net programs
2019 - US criminal justice reform
2020 - Structural Inequality in the US
2021 - US Policy Toward the People's Republic of China
2022 - US Immigration Reform