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  1. Hallitus+ei+määrää+laeista.+Hallituksella+on+oikeus+valmistella+lakeja+ja+antaa+esityksiä+eduskunnalle+ja+eduskunta+hyväksyy,+jos+hyväksyy.+Yleensä+hyväksyy,+jos+on+enemmistöhallitus.+😋
  2. Näin+tehdään+mm.+USA:ssa.+Eka+kappale+kertoo+pääasian+lyhyesti.by:+CNN+WirePosted:+Apr+5,+2020+/+07:11+AM+CDT+/+Updated:+Apr+5,+2020+/+07:11+AM+CDT(CNN)+—+Federal+officials+on+Friday+ordered+airlines+to+reimburse+customers+for+canceled+flights,+saying+a+growing+number+of+passengers+are+complaining+amid+the+coronavirus+pandemic+that+airlines+are+providing+travel+credits+rather+than+refunds.The+US+Department+of+Transportation+did+not+say+how+many+claims+it+has+substantiated,+but+it+did+direct+carriers+in+an+enforcement+notice+“that+passengers+should+be+refunded+promptly+when+their+scheduled+flights+are+cancelled+or+significantly+delayed.”The+government+said+it+would+“exercise+its+prosecutorial+discretion”+and+allow+airlines+time+to+contact+customers,+update+policies+and+properly+train+staff.“The+Department+is+receiving+an+increasing+number+of+complaints+and+inquiries+from+ticketed+passengers,+including+many+with+non-refundable+tickets,+who+describe+having+been+denied+refunds+for+flights+that+were+cancelled+or+significantly+delayed,”+the+notice+read.Customers+are+allowed+to+receive+a+refund+when+airlines+cancel+or+significantly+delay+flights.+The+requirements+also+apply+when+government+restrictions+prohibit+flying,+the+notice+said.The+rules+do+not+apply+to+customers+who+decide+on+their+own+against+flying+because,+for+example,+of+concern+over+the+coronavirus.Airlines+canceled+significant+portions+of+their+schedules+as+demand+plummeted.+By+late+February,+customers+were+canceling+more+flights+than+they+were+booking,+according+to+the+industry+group+Airlines+for+America.Now,+industry+metrics+show+carriers+are+flying+about+half+their+schedules+and+only+about+1+in+10+seats+are+filled.The+mass+cancellations+mean+airlines+owe+customers+a+substantial+amount.+Worldwide,+airlines+owe+their+customers+$35+billion+in+refunds+and+credits+this+financial+quarter,+according+to+the+International+Air+Transport+Association.+Different+regions+have+different+refund+and+credit+requirements.The+Transportation+Department+notice+said+many+passengers+complained+of+receiving+credit+toward+future+flights+that+cannot+be+used+because+of+the+deep+schedule+cuts,+which+extend+into+the+fall.“As+a+result,+passengers+are+left+with+cancelled+or+significantly+delayed+flights+and+vouchers+and+credits+for+future+travel+that+are+not+readily+usable,”+the+notice+said.Many+airline+vouchers+expire+after+a+year.+Delta+announced+earlier+on+Friday+it+would+accept+coronavirus-related+flight+credits+for+about+two+years,+until+the+end+of+May+2022.A+different+US+agency,+the+Federal+Trade+Commission,+has+received+more+than+1,600+travel-+and+vacation-related+complaints+so+far+linked+to+the+coronavirus,+according+to+FTC+data+reviewed+by+CNN.+Those+complaints,+including+from+people+seeking+their+money+back+on+nonrefundable+travel,+claim+losses+of+$2.7+million.DOT+noted+that+carriers+provided+refunds,+as+required,+after+incidents+including+the+September+11,+2001,+terror+attacks.“Although+the+COVID-19+public+health+emergency+has+had+an+unprecedented+impact+on+air+travel,+the+airlines’+obligation+to+refund+passengers+for+cancelled+or+significantly+delayed+flights+remains+unchanged,”+the+agency+said.