Only Rep. Duncan Hunter among the San Diego Congressional delegation voted against the $1.1 trillion appropriations bill that keeps the federal government operating through next September.
The House voted 316-113 Friday to approve the measure, and Senate subsequently passed it 65-33.
“Many San Diego priorities focusing on the middle class are included in this bipartisan omnibus spending bill,” said Rep. Susan Davis, who voted with the majority. “While not perfect by any means, this bill has critical investments for medical research, innovation, education, infrastructure, and supports many jobs in our region.
“Just as importantly it avoids an economically damaging government shutdown,” she added.
Davis was joined by fellow Democrats Scott Peters and Juan Vargas and Republican Darrell Issa. Hunter and 94 other Republicans as well as 18 Democrats voted against the bill.
The measure includes the first change to Obamacare since the law was enacted — a two-year suspension of the tax on high-cost insurance plans — and lifts the decades-old ban on oil exports.
The bill includes $32 billion in funding for medical research, with San Diego set to get approximately $800 million of that. It also contains funding to accelerate NASSCO’s next Navy ship, the third Afloat Forward Staging Base ship, supporting 4,000 plus jobs in the San Diego region.
