Brad Bumsted of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has Rendell on the record:

“This budget is not balanced for this year, and it’s a billion dollars short for next year,” Rendell said in Pittsburgh. He said he plans to tell the legislative leaders who announced the agreement that he would “absolutely” veto the measure.

“If they override it, they override it,” Rendell said. “They pay the price next year when there’s a billion (dollar) deficit.”