Jackson Raises $1M as Maine Senate Race Heats Up

Maine Democrat Troy Jackson has raised about $1 million for his Senate bid in under two weeks, including $613,000 since Sunday, narrowing the gap with Sen. Susan Collins’ $11 million war chest and entering a tight race per a UNH poll. The rest of the day’s updates cover House Democrats preparing an Iran war-powers vote, a GOP-backed $28 billion measure to boost health-fraud enforcement, a GOP rift over migrant farmworker policy, Hal Duncan’s nomination to be deputy director of the OMB advancing, and Senate moves to advance Lake and Mastriano nominations amid ongoing budget and reconciliation talks.