TOPICS & CONGRESS INFO

CX Debate:

Resolved: The United States federal government should establish national health insurance in the United States.

LD Debate (Varsity & Novice):

Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

PF Debate:

Resolved: The United States federal government should enact a moratorium on hyperscale data center construction.

CONGRESS

We will use the TFA 2026 Fall Legislation. Specific items are listed below. The items must be debated in the order that is listed here. Copies of the legislation can be found on the TFA website at txfa.org. Procedures for advancing and tie-breakers can be found in the TFA constitution.

Prelims: 12, 15, 14, 11, 13

Semis (if needed): TBD

Finals: 18, 17, 16, 20, 19

WS Motions

Round 1/2: This House would prioritize expanding access to affordable housing over increasing wages.

Round 3: Impromptu

Round 4: This House welcomes climate pessimism. Info slide: Climate pessimism is the viewpoint that catastrophic global heating and severe ecological breakdown cannot be fully prevented and we should make decisions based on this fact.

*If there are over 10 teams, we will break to a Semis, if less than 10 we will break to Finals and use the Semis motion for Finals.

Semis: This House believes democratic elections are better served by public financing than by privately funded campaigns. Info Slide: A publicly financed election is one in which candidates’ campaigns are funded by the state through public funds, such as tax revenues, rather than through private donations, corporate contributions, or candidates’ personal wealth.

Finals: Impromptu

Extemp Topic Areas

DX

Prelims - Politics

Semis - Economics

Finals – US Foreign Policy

FX

Prelims - Africa

Semis - Latin America

Finals - Europe

NX - This will be a combination of FX and DX topics from each round