Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te Hōngongoi 31, i hainatia e Schwarzenegger tētahi tahua $78.8 piriona, he whakaheke $32 piriona i roto i ngā tau e rima. I te Akuhata 16, i kii a Schwarzenegger kei te whakaaro ia ki te whakahoki i nga taputapu taumaha ki nga herehere, i aukatihia te whakamahi taumaha mai i te 1997. I kōrero a Schwarzenegger i te Rūnanga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa
i te 31 o Akuhata i Madison Square Garden, ā, ka mutu mā te kī, "Kua whakapau kaha a George W. Bush ki te tiaki, ki te tiaki i te moemoea o Amerika mō tātou katoa. A koia ahau i mea ai, tonoa ia ki Washington mō ētahi atu tau e whā". I te Mahuru 13, i hainatia e Schwarzenegger te.50 Caliber BMG Regulation Act, i aukatia ai te hanga, te hoko, te tohatoha, me te kawemai o nga pu BMG.50, ka waiho a California hei kawanatanga tuatahi o te US ki te mahi pera. Schwarzenegger vetoed he pire i runga i Mahuru 22 e kua hoatu rite maha rite rua miriona manene ture California raihana taraiwa, mea kore te mehua ki te whakarato i ngā whakaritenga haumaru e tika ana i roto i te wā o te wehi terrorism nui.