Debate Topics and Congress Information

Debate Topics and Congress Information

CX Debate:

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

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LD Debate (Including Novice):

Resolved: Outer space colonization is a moral imperative.

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PF Debate (Including Novice):

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

Prep time for CX is 8 minutes. Prep time for LD is 4 minutes. Prep time for PF is 3 minutes. We will use NSDA pilot rules for PF.

Brackets will NOT be broken in debate.

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CONGRESS NOTES:

We will use the TFA 2026 Fall Legislation to be debated in each session is listed below. Procedures for advancing and tie-breakers can be found in the TFA constitution.

Prelims - 7, 9, 8, 10, 6

Finals - 11, 13, 15, 12, 14

WSD Motions

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

Round 2: This House would prioritize expanding access to affordable housing over increasing wages. (flipped)

Round 3: Impromptu

Elim 1: Impromptu (Quarters or Semis)

Elim 2: 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. (Semis or Finals)
Elim 3: if we start break at quarters then the finals will be impromptu