A tricky balancing act for influential Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling

Published May 2, 2014 4:00am ET



Incrementalism is the word for Jeb Hensarling.

Since becoming chairman in 2013 of the House Financial Services Committee, a powerful position at the crossroads of Wall Street and Washington, Hensarling has learned that “things move slowly” for a fiscal conservative struggling to balance his ideological priorities with the demands of the office.

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