Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee

Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee
Formation 2005
Headquarters Alexandria, VA
Official language
English
President
Sarah Lindsay
Executive-Director
Kevin O'Neill[1]
Lobbyist
Trent Lott[2]
Website fspac.org

The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee (sometimes informally known as "FratPAC") is a U.S. political action committee (PAC) which focuses on issues related to freedom of association as it concerns Greek-letter organizations at American colleges and universities. It claims to be the nation's largest PAC "focused solely on higher education issues."[3][4]

Elections

During the 2014 election cycle, the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee raised and spent $464,124, slightly less than the $466,347 it spent in 2012. In 2010 it raised and spent $404,370. The organization is funded, primarily, by United States fraternities and sororities and members of the same, and focuses its donations on federal political candidates. According to the PAC, members of Kappa Alpha Order, Lambda Chi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Delta Gamma are among its top individual donors.[5]

Issues

The Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee has stated its support for several issues.

See also

References

  1. "2014-15 FSPAC Board" (PDF). the Fraternity and Sorority POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Newsletter (Alexandria, VA). Summer 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014. line feed character in |newspaper= at position 28 (help)
  2. Thompson, Catherine (9 December 2014). "Trent Lott Goes To Bat For Frats In Wake Of Rolling Stone's UVA Story". Talking Points Memo. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  3. "About Us". fspac.org. Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  4. McMinn, Sean (29 July 2013). "Greeks spar with Bloomberg over 'FratPAC' report". USA Today. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  5. "Fraternity & Sorority PAC". opensecrets.org. Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  6. Lerer, Lisa (8 December 2014). "Fraternities Tap Former Pledges In Washington to Counter Criticism". Bloomberg. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  7. 1 2 Kingkade, Tyler (25 July 2013). "FratPAC Lobbies Congress For Tax Breaks, To Stop Anti-Hazing Law". Huffington Post. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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