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The Morning Call created Pennsylvania's first-ever map-based online database that sheds a light on how the state's 253 lawmakers spent at least $13.8 million in taxpayer money in 2013. The result of The Morning Call's efforts, Watchdog Report: Legislative Spending, published in three stories and accompanied by online maps and records, is nothing short of a virtual audit. It is the only place taxpayers - and lawmakers themselves -- can go to see how 203 representatives and 50 senators spent money because the Legislature has never done a similar in-depth audit. The stories and database allows users to compare how much lawmakers spent on anything they want, from office rents to meals to hotels to a private consultant who promoted a lawmaker's acting gig. With such leeway and latitude, it's easy to see why the Legislature wants to keep spending records from the public eye.