Political analysts said the decline in pro-Israel PAC donations represented part of a broader trend.

So they want continued access to large PAC donations.

In the Senate, where members face re-election only every six years, there is much less resistance to limiting PAC donations.

Money for Incumbents As usual, their contributions went heavily to incumbents, who gathered $80 million of the PAC donations.

The Senate bill would ban PAC donations.

PAC donations to incumbents are at an all-time high.

But Mr. Bush does take PAC donations, just one of many advantages he has in the money chase.

By 1996, contributions from labor's political action committees jumped to 48 percent of PAC donations to House Democrats, up from 33 percent in 1992.

If that turned out to be unconstitutional, as many expect, then the limit on PAC donations would be lowered to $1,000 from the current $5,000 for each election.

House candidates, who could still take $5,000 PAC donations, would be limited to a total of $200,000 from all such committees.