The Congress of Policy Debate The Congress of Policy Debate is organized to conduct textual debates between university experts, of all policy issues in all regions, protecting all points of view, permitting all viewpoints to be argued and challenged with responses, and producing commented debate summaries for public access, with tests and evaluation for members.  The Congress is organized into several branches that handle major distinct activities, while participating in all activities of the Congress.     College of Policy Debate       Hosts the Debates and the Specialized Discussion groups     University of Policy Debate   Hosts the Diversity of Experts discussion groups     Institute of Policy Debate      Hosts discussion groups and education for advanced members     Center of Policy Debate         Hosts discussion groups and education for members     Forum of Policy Debate         Hosts dramatized in-person versions of the debates     Athenaeum of Policy Debate        Maintains online debate records and related materials    Symposium of Policy Debate        Hosts the discussions and viewpoint groups  The Congress is structured to prevent major efforts of improper influence, infiltration, or takeovers by ideologues, as well as government and economic influences that might affect available viewpoints or debate terms, direction, and conclusions. Impartiality is achieved by debate procedure controls, administration checks and balances, disclosures, and internal review. These are problems throughout democratic government, and the Congress is intended to serve as a model for democratic reform. The Congress of Policy Debate is also known as the Congress of Debate and the Congress of Federal Debate, and is informally known as "the Congress."     A very readable introduction to the Congress Of Policy Debate, which presents the details of its purposes, structure, operations, and administration. The need for the Congress is shown by sketching past failures of the executive, legislative and judicial branches to consider and debate the viewpoints that would have prevented disasters, and by strong arguments of the voices of reason that debate is the best solution.     This is a very compact and persuasive prescription for reform of policy making institutions, offering a peaceful and rational solution to the most difficult national and international issues. The complete introduction to The Congress Of Policy Debate may be downloaded by clicking here.   DOWNLOAD   This PDF version is in 8.5x11 format and may be printed, copied, and distributed as a complete work. This work is copyrighted and may not be  modified, but brief quotations are permitted. Brief Introduction PDF Materials The linked materials describe the purposes and processes of the Congress. Further materials may be downloaded from the pages for each division of the Congress (see menu bar at top of page). Introduction To The Congress Of Policy Debate Preventing War - the Congress of Policy Debate