Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 31 ga Yuli, Schwarzenegger ya sanya hannu kan kasafin kudi na dala biliyan 78.8, wanda ya rage dala biliyan 32 a cikin shekaru biyar. A ranar 16 ga watan Agusta, Schwarzenegger ya ce yana la'akari da ba da kayan ɗaga nauyi ga fursunoni, waɗanda aka hana amfani da nauyi tun daga 1997. Schwarzenegger ya ba da jawabi a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na kasa
a ranar 31 ga watan Agusta a Madison Square Garden kuma ya rufe da cewa, "George W. Bush ya yi aiki tukuru don karewa da kuma kiyaye mafarkin Amurka ga dukanmu. Kuma shi ya sa na ce, a mayar da shi zuwa Washington na tsawon shekaru hudu". A ranar 13 ga Satumba, Schwarzenegger ya rattaba hannu kan Dokar Kula da BMG na Caliber.50, wanda ya haramta kerawa, sayarwa, rarrabawa, da shigo da bindigogin BMG.50, wanda hakan ya sa California ta zama jihar Amurka ta farko da ta yi hakan. Schwarzenegger ya yi watsi da lissafin a ranar 22 ga Satumba wanda zai ba da kusan miliyan biyu baƙi ba bisa ka'ida ba lasisin lasisin California, yana mai cewa matakin ya kasa samar da isassun tanadin tsaro a lokacin da ake fargabar ta'addanci.