STS Advocacy & STS PAC

Welcome to the STS Advocacy & STS-PAC Booth. 

STS Advocacy helps STS members make an impact in Washington, DC and in their home districts. Learn more about how STS is fighting for your patients and the latest legislative and regulatory issues affecting the specialty. 

A major mechanism for influencing the policymaking process is STS-PAC. STS-PAC is the only political action committee that exclusively represents cardiothoracic surgery. 

Use the links on the left-hand side for more information. 

Contributions to STS-PAC are voluntary and not tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. You have the right to decline to contribute without any reprisal against your STS membership. Your contribution must be made using a credit card, check or money order, and must be drawn on a personal account to be used to support federal candidates. You must be a US citizen or lawfully admitted permanent US resident to contribute. Federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect and report the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer of each individual whose contributions exceed $200 in a calendar year. Federal law prohibits STS and STS-PAC from soliciting contributions from persons outside STS’s restricted class. STS’s restricted class includes individuals who are dues paying members or non-dues paying members with voting rights, and who are US citizens or lawfully admitted permanent US residents.