After an initial encounter in which he paid Steve Gobie $80 for sex, the Congressman says he tried to lift the younger man out of drugs and prostitution by hiring him to run errands.
Cuomo, Congress, and the public are angry that these bonuses were paid.
A political adviser kicks up a storm of outrage by claiming that black ministers were paid to stifle turnout.
Port authority paid surcharge for federal lobbyist Every time the Virginia Port Authority paid its $10,000-a-month federal lobbying bills, $1,500 charges went to a middleman.
June 13, 2013 - Daily Press
RI Senate mulls paid time off for caregivers Advocates for the elderly and children are urging Rhode Island lawmakers to approve paid time off for workers who have to care for a new child or ill loved one. Groups including Rhode Island Kids Count ...
June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
RI Senate mulls paid time off for caregivers Advocates for the elderly and children are urging Rhode Island lawmakers to approve paid time off for workers who have to care for a new child or ill loved one. Groups including Rhode Island Kids Count ...
June 12, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Michael Jackson in Hindu Mr. Lester, who is godfather to Jackson's three children, told the News of the World: "It was a gift to him, no money was paid, it was something I was honoured to do - he wanted children so badly."
Henry Waxman in The Associated Press Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., told the BP executive that in his committee's review of 30,000 items, there was "not a single e-mail or document that you paid even the slightest attention to the dangers at this well."
Barney Frank in Asbury Park Press Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said these bonuses amount to a bribe "to get them to do the jobs for which they are well paid in the first place."