D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray’s plan to spend $20 million to pay District employees for furlough days they were forced to take last year has drawn opposition that will cost the mayor support for his broader supplemental budget package, legislators say.

“There are better uses for this money,” said at-large Councilman David Catania, who said he will not vote to fund the furlough repayments. “We do nothing in this city for the working poor.”