SALT LAKE CITY, July 15 (UPI) -- Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah is pushing a constitutional amendment that would allow his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for the White House.
The star of three "Terminator" movies has hinted broadly he might run for governor of California, a state in which the Democratic governor is under the threat of a recall campaign.
Under the Hatch Amendment, foreign-born people who have been naturalized U.S. citizens for at least 20 years would be eligible to run for president. Currently, the president must be native-born.
Hatch introduced the legislation without fanfare last week, the Deseret Morning News reported Tuesday.
Former actor Ronald Reagan used the governorship of California as a springboard for a run for the presidency. Reagan, however, was born in Illinois.
Austrian-born Schwarzenegger has appeared at a number of fundraisers for Hatch, a fellow Republican.
