House Republicans are trying to figure out how to do the bidding of their corporate masters while still looking like grassroots, jus'-folks common-man heroes:

House Republicans are taking a cautious approach to dismantling the Dodd-Frank financial reform law to avoid rattling the markets*, a top Republican says.

While House Republicans made a broad bill repealing healthcare reform — another major piece of legislation from the last Congress — a top priority upon assuming the majority, the GOP is taking a much more deliberate** approach in its effort to roll back financial reform...Republicans might want to take on politically charged items like funding for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), but “realistically, that’s probably not going to be moving in the Senate,” [Republican New Jersey Rep. Scott] Garrett said.

Most liberals agree that Wall Street reform didn't go far enough, but Republicans can't even stand the minor improvements made in the bill.

* "To avoid rattling the markets" here probably means something like "to avoid being on TV news."

** For "deliberate," read "weaselly."