The act will be his administration's last piece of significant economic legislation before voters deliver their verdict on his first two years in office.

In this politically charged country, though, opponents of the law see it and other economic legislation in apocalyptic terms.

Even important economic legislation that is progressing faces many hurdles.

He casts the Democratic leadership in the Senate as the impediment to progress on those and other pieces of economic legislation.

"We've adopted numerous measures," he said, pointing to various economic legislation passed in the last year.

And in the weeks leading up to his vacation break, he worked virtually around the clock to win support for his economic legislation.

While serving in government, the LP initiated important economic and industrial legislation which improved conditions for white workers.

This Parliament has added a social dimension to economic legislation.

This is new, it is the cornerstone, a bridge that connects economic and environmental legislation.

Scarcely less deep are the rifts on important matters such as economic, social and environmental legislation, to name but a few areas.