Fact-checking the U.S. Chamber on Alan Grayson

Mitt Romney

"Debt" vs. debt

National debt plus unfunded liabilities adds up to $520,000 per American household.

Promise: Create over 700,000 jobs

Update: Math starting to work against Rick Scott on his centerpiece jobs promise

Crossroads GPS

This claim is DOA

Says President Obama "promised" people could keep their health plans, but "millions could lose their health care coverage and be forced into a government pool."

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

This one again?

"Obamacare could cause 20 million people to lose their current coverage."

Mitt Romney

Spending increased by about 5 percent a year on his watch

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, "we didn’t just slow the rate of growth of our government, we actually cut it."

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

What about those other judges?

"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."

Crossroads GPS

Taxes on tanning and smoking

President Obama "promised" families making less than $250,000 a year would not see taxes go up, but "Obamacare raises 18 different taxes."

Crossroads GPS

He said what he said and he didn't do it.

Obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he "hasn't even come close."

Mitt Romney

GAO report says similar

There are "49 different federal job training programs that report to eight agencies."

Connie Mack

He voted for a jobs bill

Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Scaring seniors again

"20 million people could lose their current coverage" … "including our senior citizens who are on Medicare."

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Medicare spending will continue to grow

"Seniors will see $500 billion in Medicare cuts to fund Obamacare."

George LeMieux

Proof boils down to property record from Colorado

"Sources show (Connie) Mack as a resident of California, living with his wife in Palm Springs."

Rick Scott

A swing and mostly not a miss

Florida has "1,200 golf courses. I think 58 million rounds played a year in Florida. We’ve got 44 percent of all travel golf in the country here. 5 million people come here just for golf."

Marco Rubio

Dems' plan closes loopholes on high-paid professionals

Democrats plan to keep student loan interest rates low  "by raising taxes on small businesses, very small businesses … the kinds of small businesses that give jobs to graduates."

Freedom PAC

Murky claim ahead

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson "chose to side with President Obama" against the Keystone pipeline

WrongWayRubio.com

Blunt but accurate

Says that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says troops are leaving Iraq "too fast."

Rudy Moise

Claim was about a Congressional district but his evidence focused on black boys

The congressional district for Miami-Dade and Broward counties has a "staggering drop-out rate of almost 61 percent."

Americans for Prosperity

American streetlights, some Chinese parts

Says the stimulus bill sent tax credits overseas, such as  "tens of millions of dollars to build traffic lights in China."

Jennifer Carroll

Some members didn't ask for this

"We didn’t go out asking people" to join the "stand your ground" task force.