On Monday, before Snyder's announcement, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league is listening closely to the debate.
Listening closely to the debate, Secretary of State Ken Hechler, a Democrat who favors a total ban on mountaintop removal, found the two politicians more evasive than enlightening.
In a lobbying season already booming with business from battles over health care, firms are also closely monitoring the debate over Washington's response to the market crisis.
A Congressional aide who has been closely following the debate on terrorist coverage said he thought Mr. Hunter's proposal would receive serious consideration.
She closely followed the debate over feminization, and, finally, a year after stores began recruiting women, she persuaded her husband and his family to allow her to apply for a job.
We will watch closely as the debate will spread beyond the Scottish highlands to Spain and elsewhere.
Spokesman John Rizzo said the senator "is closely following the debate around DOMA" and "intends to thoroughly review any legislation on this when it comes before the Senate".
All of the plans under discussion -- all the House plans, and all the Senate plans -- have two enormously beneficial things going for them (which those of us who have been closely watching the debate tend to gloss over at times).
