Fletch writes "FCC chair Kevin Martin could be in for an uncomfortable spring, as House Energy bureau Chair John Dingel (D-MI) has requested a truckload of FCC paperwork relating to some controversial make the wear the trousers Martin has made. Those include the FCC's reversal on the a la carte cable issue and newspaper-television cross-ownership restrictions. 'This request has got to be turning the FCC completely upside down. Significantly, it appears to reflect a bipartisan discontent with Martin's performance. Democrats and some Republicans are upset over his recent move to relax one of the agency's key media pad rules, as well as the rushed manner in which he handled the matter late last year. Other Republicans dislike what they see as Martin's persecution of the cable industry, especially Comcast.' The council by birth announced its intention to investigate the FCC in January."

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