you were on with alex roarty.ler: in your calculations, are you referring to campaign spending or campaign contributions to the candidate's fund, or are you including the outside groups? in michigan, we have the americans for prosperity, the koch brothers-funded group. they are running ads in some of the primary races. they are running ads against gary peters in the senate race. they are referring to obamacare. most of them have been question as far as their factual basis by "the washington post" fact checker. i believe they are in every state. they have offices in every state and are running ads in every campaign. host: we have one of those ads you were referring to running on obamacare. we will play it for you now. [video clip] >> people do not like lyrical and --people do not like a lyrical ads. it is about people. millions of people cannot see their own doctors. millions are paying more and getting less. obamacare doesn't work. it just doesn't work. start thinking about people. host: one of those americans for

look at the financial disclosure statements of candidates on how much money they are raising with alex roarty. at 8:30 eastern, the chairman of a federal election commission hisgoodman will discuss how agency has been affected by the supreme court decision on campaign contributions. keith johnson with foreign policy will focus on the role of natural gas in relations between russia and europe. ♪ good morning, it is wednesday, april 16, 2014. congress is on recess. we have a three-hour "washington journal" this morning. we will take a deep dive into house and senate campaign fundraising reports. we will talk to the chairman of the federal election commission and discuss how russia is using its natural gas supplies in the conflict and ukraine. u.s.ll begin talking about attorney general eric holder. last year, some analysts thought holder might be ready to leave the administration. the attorney general has become a high-profile member of obama's ne