The Latest: Meeting between Wolf, lawmakers ends quickly

The Democratic governor met behind closed doors with senior lawmakers on Wednesday to chart a direction for talks now that he's vetoed a Republican-crafted spending plan.

Wolf says the Republican budget doesn't spend enough on education, adds to the state's deficit and leaves out his other major priorities, including a tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production.

The veto message repeats the policy objectives Wolf has outlined for months — money for schools from a tax on natural gas drilling, cuts in local school property taxes and what he calls "a solution to fix the structural budget deficit."

Pennsylvania's Democratic governor is inviting legislative leaders to meet in his Capitol offices, a day after the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed a state budget he vetoed.

Republicans pushed through their own budget Tuesday, along with plans to privatize the state-controlled wine and liquor system and scale back public employee pension benefits.