http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/issue

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issue
[ish-oo or, esp. British, is-yoo]
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noun
1. the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
2. something that is printed or published and distributed, especially a given number of a periodical:
Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine?
3. something that is sent out or put forth in any form.
4. a quantity of something that is officially offered for sale or put into circulation at one time:
a new issue of commemorative stamps; a new bond issue.
5. a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law.
6. a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance: the political issues.
7. a point, the decision of which determines a matter:
The real issue in the strike was the right to bargain collectively.






Your mistakenly thinking that increasing the authority to affect issues is in itself an issue is very telling. No wonder you support Hillary.