Mr. Schwarzenegger Goes to Washington

California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger is slated to head to the nation's capital next week to meet with top officials before he takes the helm in Sacramento.

On Tuesday, the Terminator launches a two-day visit that will have the action-star-turned-politician meeting with Capitol Hill leaders – but that will not include an audience with President Bush, according to spokesman Rob Stutzman.

Schwarzenegger is on record saying that he will ask for "a lot of help" for cash-strapped California from Washington.

It is unclear what that help will be, since Congress is not authorized to bail out one state without mind to the others.

This past week, Schwarzenegger made his first official appearance at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, announcing there that one of his first acts when he takes office next month will be to call a special session of the Legislature.

Reportedly, the session would involve, among other items, the recently approved law that would allow undocumented immigrants to get driver’s licenses.

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