The George Washington Tournament 2
2026 — NSDA Campus Rooms, US
Congress
Event Description:
Congressional Debate is a mock legislative assembly competition where students draftbills (proposed laws) and resolutions (position statements), which they and their peerslater debate and vote to pass into law and then take action on by voting for or againstthe legislation. While coaches aren’t always required to submit legislation totournaments, it gives their students the right to an authorship speech, introducing thebill or resolution to the chamber. In advance of the tournament, a docket of submittedtitles or full legislative text is distributed to participating schools, so students mayresearch and prepare themselves for the debate. Many tournaments allow students tocaucus in committee(s) to determine the agenda, wherein they strive to select topicsthat will yield even and engaging debate, as well as balancing authorship privilegesamong the schools participating in the chamber.
Please see the official NSDA rules here for procedure and more information:
https://www.speechanddebate.org/wp-content/uploads/2017-Congressional-Debate-Guide.pdf