"… ed cash, is former political “Boy Wonder” turned Austin-based lobbyist Ben Barnes, 72. Barnes, whose lofty bundling status was first noted by the Sunlight F …"

"… d to keep its state lottery contract in exchange for former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes’ silence. Barnes, a former GTECH lobbyist, admitted under oath that he h …"

"… of the 147th unit of the Texas Air National Guard the same day he applied. Ben Barnes, who was then the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, recently …"

"… fund because the donor had only recently become a lobbyist. "Sen. Reid and Ben Barnes have been friends for 30 years and no one on staff had realized that he ha …"