It was sausage-making time at city hall earlier this week, as D.C. Council members deliberated over Mayor Vincent C. Gray’s $10 billion 2012 budget proposal. They fussed and cussed. They twisted and tweaked committee spending plans. With the surprisingly steady guidance of Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, by the end of the meeting, they seemed on track to compromise on some of the most controversial issues, including cuts to social service programs and tax increases.

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