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FILE- In this file photo from Jan. 15, 2019, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, attends the swearing-in ceremony of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf for Wolf’s second term, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke / AP) 
Good-government advocates and some Pennsylvania lawmakers have questioned whether taxpayers benefit when their money is used in this way, and other states have banned or restricted the practice.
