Although D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is likely to prevail Tuesday in a budget vote that he sought for months, the aftershocks of the political brouhaha that defined the debate are likely to continue.

For Gray, the path to Tuesday’s vote on his $77 million spending package has been bruising. He offered two supplemental budget requests since January, only to have most of the D.C. Council publicly rebuke him for even contemplating spending so much extra cash so soon.