"I think the dollar has substantially further to fall," he said.
The bill is likely to go substantially further than the previous assault weapons ban, which was passed in 1994 and allowed to lapse 10 years later.
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at Global Insight, said he believed prices would fall "substantially further" despite yesterday's interest rate cut.
Particularly in those circumstances, the exclusion of gay and lesbian couples from marriage does not substantially further any important governmental interest.
These companies will either have to cut capex [capital expenditure] substantially further, and by implication future growth, or the dividend – neither option looks particularly good news for shareholders".
"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any important governmental objective," the supreme court wrote in its decision.
"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further an important governmental objective," wrote Justice Mark Cady, a Republican appointee.
The ambassador has made similar comments in the past, but he went substantially further on Sunday, reflecting growing worries among Western diplomats over Mr. Karzai's repeated denunciations of the allied coalition.
