Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT) and Martin Meehan (D-MA) have asked the D.C. district court in Shays & Meehan v. FEC (Shays II) to order, yet once again, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to issue a regulation on when 527 groups must register as a political committee. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Russ Feingold (D-WI), represented by the Campaign Legal Center, filed an amicus brief supporting Shays and Meehan. In February the FEC issued a Supplemental Explanation and Justification to explain why it will not issue a rule regarding the political committee status of 527 groups. McCain and Feingold want the court to again find that the FEC has violated the Administrative Procedures Act by not providing the public with a sufficient explanation. They also argue that the FEC's current approach of examining each 527 on a case-by-case system is not working, with particular concern as the 2008 election nears.