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To: John Carragher who wrote (14193)	10/28/2003 5:03:28 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793743

Hey, Nancy Pelosi! Arnold is going to "Pump you up!" ___________________________________________________ Schwarzenegger descends on D.C. By Peter Savodnik THE HILL California Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) arrives in Washington today for a meeting Wednesday with the state’s two senators and 53 representatives. Schwarzenegger’s three-day trip to the nation’s capital is the latest installment in a series of mostly substance-free get-togethers — first with President Bush in Fresno and then with Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and other state leaders in Sacramento. Many congressional Republicans say the Washington meeting is a courtesy call that newly elected California governors have been making since at least the days of Jerry Brown, who became the state’s 34th governor in 1975. But some Democrats say they want to speak with Schwarzenegger — who was elected in the Oct. 7 recall election that ousted Davis — about California’s water supply, energy, hospitals, law enforcement, education and other issues. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has invited the governor-elect to a hearing Thursday at the Senate Water and Power Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. The hearing will address a bill that would expand the state’s water supply. Schwarzenegger spokesman H.D. Palmer said the governor-elect has not finalized his schedule for the trip. Palmer added that Schwarzenegger possibly would meet with congressional leaders and Cabinet secretaries while in Washington. Most Democrats voice a wait-and-see attitude toward Schwarzenegger. All of them want to know how much money he can squeeze out of congressional Republicans and the White House. Few sound impressed by his celebrity. “Now if it were Barbra Streisand, and she were going to perform and sing, I think we’d be quite excited by that,” said Rep. Bob Matsui (D-Calif.). Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who heads the state’s 33-member Democratic delegation, said she’s still waiting to hear from Schwarzenegger about a three-page memo she and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) issued Oct. 15 listing concerns they want the governor-elect to address. Those include more money for the state Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which helps pay for jailing foreigners who have committed deportable crimes; $500 million for Head Start; $4.3 billion for CALFED, a Bay Area water-management agency; and opposition to nuclear power and offshore drilling, among other topics. Fourth-term Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) said California members — Democrats and Republicans — should vote as a bloc to force congressional leaders to give the state its fair share of federal money. Matsui, in his 13th term, said that had been tried for Medicare and agriculture. He added that the plan is unlikely to achieve long-term, systemic change, among other complications, it would require Republicans to vote against the Republican leadership. Most Republicans and Democrats in the California congressional delegation are expected to attend the closed-door meeting with Schwarzenegger, scheduled for midmorning Wednesday. Feinstein also will be at the meeting, Boxer’s spokesman did not confirm the senator’s plans. Members said Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.), who heads Schwarzenegger’s transition team and the state’s GOP congressional delegation, had organized the meeting. Schwarzenegger’s spokesman, Palmer, said the governor-elect, a centrist who supports abortion and gay rights and who was challenged in the recall by conservative Republican state Sen. Tom McClintock, wants to reach out to independents and Democrats. “Similar to his meeting with President Bush in Riverside [earlier this month], a lot of these meetings will be an opportunity for the governor-elect to lay the foundation for a solid working relationship,” he said. California’s secretary of state still has to certify the recall election. thehill.com