Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks to news reporters while at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., Monday June 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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Updated: Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 10:59 AM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 30 Jun 2009, 10:59 AM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn is heading back to Springfield still insisting that he won't accept a "half-baked" budget from lawmakers.
Quinn told reporters in Chicago on Tuesday morning that if lawmakers send him their makeshift spending plan it will be "thrown right back at them."
He says if that happens lawmakers will be looking at what he calls a "double overtime" session.
But Quinn didn't specifically say he would veto the budget lawmakers passed, which he says would require deep budget cuts. Quinn is still pushing for lawmakers to pass an income tax increase before the state budget expires at midnight.
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