Senate Democrats gear up for battle with corporate America

Democrats lost control of the House but expanded their Senate majority, giving them greater power to issue subpoenas that party senators say they plan to use to investigate price gouging and other inequities in corporate America.

Democratic committee and subcommittee chairs say they plan to call on corporations to provide more information about how they price prescription drugs, health insurance plans and other goods and services that have soared in cost in recent years.

They also plan to grill corporate executives over their private discussions about how respond to climate change and over how they use customers’ personal information.