The sending of money to a recipient who lives abroad.
What is a remittance?
When someone is unhappy with the terms of bill, they may propose this change to a bill.
What is an amendment?
This happens before the start of a round to determine the agenda for legislation.
What is caucus or caucusing?
The category of debate that argues a resolution and is a partnership event.
What is PF or Public Forum?
The number of coaches for the ERHS Debate Team.
What is 5?
A government-imposed fee that emitters pay for each ton of greenhouse gas emissions they release.
What is a carbon tax?
What you might say when the Presiding Officer makes a mistake.
What is Point of Order?
The adult in the front of the room in a Congress session.
What is the Parliamentarian?
The term used to encompass all the parts of your argument.
What is a contention?
This coach designs video games.
Who is Coach Ayden?
A novel program that gives every adult a fixed amount of money each month, regardless of income.
What is Universal Basic Income or UBI?
At the end of debate for the day, this might be called to go home.
What is a Motion or Adjourn or Adjourn?
A term used to determine how many people want to speak on each side of a piece of legislation.
What are splits?
The part of a contention that states why the claim is so important or matters.
What is the Impact?
A recent Harvard Law School graduate, this Coach is an ERHS Debate alumni.
Who is Coach Noah?
The blocking of assets and/or trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals.
What are Sanctions?
When the chamber becomes noisy, the Presiding Officer might use this word to quiet the room.
What is decorum?
The order speakers and questioners are called on during a round is determined by this.
What is precedence and recency?
To move the debate forward, this is included in a speech to counter opposing arguments.
What is rebuttal or refutation?
This coach has two dogs, Stella & Baxter.
Who is Coach Katie?
The provision of emergency assistance and support to individuals and communities affected by conflict.
What is Humanitarian Aid?
The Handbook for all things Parliamentary Procedure.
The "people back home" that we as Representatives are advocating for.
What are Constituents?
This British Philosopher developed a form of argumentation that is used in Debate.
Who is Toulmin?
This coach is a student of the U of MN School of Design.
Who is Coach Clark?
The manipulation of boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor one party over the other.
What is Gerrymandering?
The majority of votes needed to move to the previous question to end the debate on legislation.
What is 2/3 or 2/3 vote?
The speech type at the end of a round that weighs and sums up the debate.
What is a Crystal or Crystalization Speech?
What the acronym NSDA stands for.
What is the National Speech and Debate Association?
This coach loves K-pop music.
Who is Coach Tammy?