With this legislation pending, as well as a presidential campaign and an ongoing battle to reform the NSA, it doesn't seem likely that Paul is ready to follow in Gravel's footsteps.
So, 150 years on, I decided to retrace the lady's footsteps, with a tatty copy of her Swiss Journal in my bag – a secondhand survivor I'd tracked down, from a batch that were printed in 1963.
Following in the footsteps of fellow non-declared candidate Jeb Bush, during an interview with CBS the Republican senator from South Carolina even twice said: "I'm running.
In 2015 there will be two series of House Rules, following in the footsteps of Nine's The Block, which already has two series each calendar year.
I have enjoyed it beyond words and believe we have left a lasting monument to those writers who would dare to trace our footsteps.
Marc Abrahams, the organiser, reckons that many want to follow in Geim's footsteps, conducting studies with the sole aim of netting an Ig.
In refusing an award, I followed in the footsteps of more important people than myself, including the late professor Peter Townsend.
And while I'm trying to brag, I once walked a series of 30-mile days as part of Ian Botham's transalpine charity marathon in Hannibal's footsteps, complete with three elephants.
I am strongly opposed to that trade agreement on the grounds that it follows in the footsteps of other disastrous trade agreements that have cost us millions of jobs".
A desire to walk in the footsteps of their favourite author or artist.
The 90-minute TV movie, Faith, follows in the footsteps of BBC1 dramas including Warriors, about British army peacekeepers in Bosnia; The Project, which dealt with the rise of New Labour; and most recently Holy Cross, a dramatisation of the 2001 sectarian confrontation in Belfast.
