In Solyndra Loan Guarantees, White House Intervention Is Questioned

This is symptomatic of the kind of cronyism in housing and banking regulation (and subsidies) as well -- ``A House subcommittee released documents on Wednesday morning suggesting that a final review of more than $500 million in loan guarantees for Solyndra, a California solar company that recently  declared bankruptcy, may have been rushed so that Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. could announce its approval at a groundbreaking two years ago. ''