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   Matthew Miller and Tucker Eskew — veterans of high-profile campaigns,   
   now partners at Vianovo, a bipartisan management and communications firm   
   — write in a note to clients Tuesday that a "tsunami of Congressional   
   oversight" is headed straight for corporate America if, as is likely   
   based on history, Democrats win the House in November's midterms.   
      
   "It's going to be so much worse than they expect," Miller tells Axios.   
   Why it matters: Companies "that prepare in advance stand a much better   
   chance of emerging with their reputations intact," the partners write.   
   "The subpoenas are coming. The only question is whether companies will   
   be ready."   
      
   State of play: The Vianovo note says that "due to two key changes in   
   Congressional Democrats' thinking, the focus on corporations is likely   
   to be more intense than ever, and executives who are not prepared risk   
   being swamped by a legal, political, and media onslaught."   
      
   Larger corporations are likely to be the focus since for Democrats on   
   the Hill, aggressive oversight of private companies is "a means for   
   exposing alleged abuses by the Trump administration."   
      
   From their experience with the first Trump administration in 2019 and   
   2020, Democrats know the White House is likely to refuse to turn over   
   documents. So administration probes "will be supplemented by piercing   
   corporate investigations."   
      
   Among the possible focuses of Democratic oversight probes: algorithmic   
   pricing; health care; crypto and digital assets; utilities and energy;   
   trade and tariffs; and AI and tech.   
      
   https://www.axios.com/2026/02/17/subpoenas-democrats-midterms-corporate-a   
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