Roll Call offers this report (paid subscripton required), which begins: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has unveiled a proposal to limit donations to 527 organizations to $25,000 per person each year, or $50,000 each election cycle, that if enacted could be a huge blow to the groups’ hopes of being a force in the 2006 elections. Those groups raised and spent more than $500 million in the previous cycle, with many of the organizations relying on multimillion-dollar donations from wealthy individuals to fund their activities. McCain’s initiative was submitted last Thursday as an amendment to the lobbying reform package debated by the Senate and is similar to a 527 proposal offered last year by Reps. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) and Marty Meehan (D-Mass.). While it was never formally offered by McCain for consideration as part of the Senate’s lobbying reform legislation, the full text of McCain’s amendment was included in the Congressional Record on Friday.”