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  • Schwarzenegger, in Washington, meets resistance, partisan sniping

    02/17/2005 4:00:39 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 7 replies · 542+ views
    San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 2/17/05 | Dana Wilkie - CNS
    WASHINGTON – Thursday's much-touted meeting between Gov. Schwarzenegger and California's congressional delegation to map strategy for getting more money from Washington did not get off to a good start. Partisan sniping occupied much of the day, as did complaints that Schwarzenegger upstaged the strategy meeting by later appearing with Common Cause officials to announce the group's support for his controversial redistricting plan. "In California and around the country we have a broken system where elected officials are choosing the voters they want to represent instead of the other way around," said Common Cause president Chellie Pingree in an afternoon appearance...