Time Magazine reports that Michael Powell, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, has told friends he would like to leave the FCC by fall. The FCC has come under tremendous criticism for ramming through new regulations that rewrite the nation’s media ownership laws.

Last week a House committee voted 40 to 25 to reverse part of the FCC’s decision. A recent poll by Pew Research found 90 percent of the country opposed the changes which were lobbied for by big media corporations including Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

FCC head Michael Powell is the son of Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell.