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It’s budget week, everyone! On Wednesday, the D.C. Council will vote on the proposed FY16 budget, which was first proposed by Mayor Muriel Bowser in April, but has since been amendment.

Though despite the amendments, which Bowser criticized, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said that she’ll be getting “99 percent” of what she originally put in her budget proposal, WAMU reports.

“The big picture is… the mayor will be receiving in the budget that I am proposing tomorrow 99 percent of what she’s requested,” Mendelson said.

What’s not included in that 99 percent is Bowser’s proposed tax hike, which would increase the District’s sales tax from 5.75 to 6 percent, amounting in $22 million. That’s $22 million that Bowser said would go to fighting D.C.’s homelessness problem.

But axing the the tax hike, which was first proposed by Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) doesn’t mean any less money will be allotted to homeless services. Mendelson says that they “were able to fully fund Bowser’s priorities—as well as put more money into certain social services—without relying on the tax hike,” WAMU reports.

So what did get slashed from Bowser’s budget? Money for the Metropolitan Police Department’s body-worn camera system, which Bowser wanted $5.1 million for 2,400 new cameras. Instead, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie (D-Ward 5) offered money for only 1,200 body-worn cameras.

Additionally, the budget also refuses to fund an expansion to Marion Barry’s signature summer youth employment program, which would extend the program to accommodate people up to 24-years-old (the program currently serves youth up to age 22), as well as a program allowing D.C. school children to ride Metrorail for free. Instead, Bowser’s budget proposal was amended to only allow low-income children that service.

Though the Bowser criticized Mendelson’s budget cuts at a press conference at St. Elizabeths East Campus this morning, Loose Lips reports, Mendelson doesn’t quite see it that way.

“I feel like I’m sorry, I can’t make it more controversial,” he said. “We took what the mayor proposed and built on it.”