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By LAURA KURTZMAN, Associated Press WriterThu Nov 9, 10:35 PM ET

MEXICO CITY - California's Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that "Washington was stuck" and the Democratic takeover of Congress would shake things up.if (window.yzq_a == null) document.write("");if (window.yzq_a)
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Speaking two days after being re-elected, Schwarzenegger suggested that Washington follow his example in California, where he has worked with Democrats to achieve bipartisan agreements.

"I think this is good that we have new blood coming to Washington, that we have new people with new ideas coming to Washington," the governor said, "because Washington was stuck."

Schwarzenegger said that by working together, his state's Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday gained voters' approval for $37.3 billion in bonds for infrastructure improvements that will increase trade with Mexico by easing the movement of goods.

Schwarzenegger was on a two-day trade mission to Mexico to promote California's green technology and agricultural exports. Schwarzenegger met with President Vicente Fox on Thursday and planned to meet with President-elect Felipe Calderon on Friday before leaving for the northern industrial city of Monterrey.

The governor, who said he was traveling with California farmers who were unable to harvest their crops because of a lack of workers, called a planned U.S. border wall "an incomplete way" of solving illegal immigration. He voiced support for a guest worker program that President Bush also supports.

Farmers across the U.S. have complained about labor shortages ever since Washington increased the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border earlier this year.

He said a temporary worker program would benefit both farmers in need of labor and immigrants in need of jobs.

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