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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - As an actor and bodybuilder, Arnold Schwarzenegger fought his way to victory by destroying his enemies, but it was old-fashioned backroom haggling by the newly minted Gov. Schwarzenegger that won Democrats over to a critical state budget proposal this week. Over bottles of wine and water and the occasional cigar, Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders spent five hours late Wednesday night hammering out a compromise budget deal that appeared close to death just a week earlier. 'People were ecstatic,' said Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson Jr. 'We took a group shot, a group photo, Arnold and I on chairs sitting next to each other.' The agreement, formally passed on Friday, paves the way for a record $15 billion bond measure to fund the state's debt and a constitutional spending cap to help prevent future budget train wrecks for California's struggling economy. The plan goes to the public for approval in a March ballot.'
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