After Solyndra, GOP turns on LightSquared

After hitting political pay dirt with the Solyndra scandal, Republicans now have a new target for charges of White House cronyism: wireless upstart LightSquared.

Despite key differences between the companies — LightSquared has not received a loan from the government, nor has it filed for bankruptcy — chairmen of two House committees this week used LightSquared’s name interchangeably with scandal-plagued Solyndra. Republicans on the House Science and Technology Committee, meanwhile, demanded the White House turn over documents chronicling interactions with LightSquared and other lawmakers joined the chorus slinging charges.