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MEXICO CITY - California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, meeting with outgoing President Vicente Fox in Mexico City, hailed the Democratic takeover of Congress as healthy for democracy, saying "Washington was stuck." Schwarzenegger suggested that Washington follow his example in California where he has worked with Democrats to achieve bipartisan agreements, such as placing $37.3 billion in bond measures on the November ballot, which voters embraced and which are aimed at easing the state's traffic jams, aging schools and inadequate affordable housing. "I think this is good that we have new blood coming to Washington, that we have new people with...

Hasta la vista, baby -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is so confident of his re-election that he's already planning to make a run for the border Wednesday. Not for a vacation, mind you, but to promote California tourism and the state's newest export: environmental technology. What the governor hopes he isn't talking about during his three-day trip to Mexico is the always-prickly issue of border protection and illegal immigration -- something that has his supporters back home hotly divided. Instead, trip organizers say Arnold, who has already pitched California in Japan and China, will fly to Mexico City for a long-promised...

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to make a trade mission to Mexico from Aug. 20-22, his press secretary said Tuesday. Schwarzenegger plans to meet with departing Mexican President Vicente Fox in Mexico City. He will also spend time in the economic and intellectual center of Monterrey, about 150 miles from the border with Texas. "We have a robust relationship with Mexico," said Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Margita Thompson. "We share bonds of culture, family and commerce. And the governor has enjoyed previous trips he has taken to Mexico." Thompson said one of the governor's many goals during the trip would be...