Congress Basics
What is the main purpose of Congressional Debate?
To role-play legislative sessions
If you want to speak, you raise this.
What is a placard
Speaking order
The order which speakers must be granted through speaking privileges(recency / presidency )
When should you be writing speeches?
What is now!
A speech supporting whatever is being discussed
What is Affirmation speech
The number of minutes you usually get for a speech in Congress.
What is 3 minutes
What does “recency” refer to in Congressional Debate?
Recognizing the person who has not spoken in the longest time
All representatives interesting in getting a special role in the chamber, they get to give a short speech, the people get the right to vote for whoever they think it's a better option, the representative with the majority votes gets the session.
What is PO elections
A speech against with whatever is being discussed
Negation speech
What’s the difference between a bill and a resolution?
Bills create laws, resolutions express opinions
.What does “precedence” mean in debate?
Giving priority to those who’ve spoken the least
What is “refutation”( rebuttal/clashing )?
Challenging another argument with reasoning
What does "PO" stand for in Congressional Debate
What is Presiding Officer
What is “flowing” in debate?
What is Note-taking during a debate
This item is the supreme law of the land, debaters of ten quote this
what is the U.S. Constitution
In debate, what does the term "impact" refer to?
Why the argument is important or consequence of the argument
What is a “bill” in debate?
What is A preposed law
What is the role of the Presiding Officer?
To lead the debate and manage speakers
What makes a good law?
It has a clear purpose and can be implemented
Authorship speech vs sponsorship speech
Authorship speech: Speech supporting the bill written by the person who wrote it. Sponsorship speech: Meant to provide some background on the legislation, addition to persuade people to agree with the solution