CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is rejecting the ideas in an alternative budget that a majority of Chicago City Council members presented his administration earlier this week.

This is setting the stage for a budget stalemate that could drag on for several more weeks. As the mayor is digging in his heels, council members seem to be growing frustrated.

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There certainly is a level of frustration as alders try to respond to concerns of their constituents but find themselves at odds with the mayor, who claims he is doing what Chicagoans want in his budget proposal .

"The budget that I have put forward, it puts forth the agenda of working people," Johnson said.

Mayor Johnson celebrated the 119th anniversary of the Po

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