The Senate on Monday will take up a $6.3 billion medical research package that passed the House by a wide margin Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the chamber will begin work on the 21st Century Cures Act early next week. The package includes new funding for fighting opioid abuse and for medical research in exchange for speeding up approval of new drugs and devices.
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