Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged Monday to complete the work of the post-election Congress “soon,” promising action on a fiscal 2017 spending measure, a defense funding authorization measure and a medical innovation bill favored by President Obama.

“We’ll work with our counterparts in the House to consider each of those in the coming days and to send final bills to the president’s desk for signature,” McConnell, R-Ky., said.

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