body {
	font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;
	color: #2a4151; 
	background-color: #f7f3e4;
	font-size: 12px;
	text-align: center;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
a img, :link img, :visited img {
	border:medium none;
}
a:link {
	color: #333;
}
a:visited {
	color: #333;
}
a:hover {
	color: #999;
}
a:active {
	color: #666666;
}
.search_choice{
	float: right;
}
.nav_link a{
	color:#bc1818;
}
.static_link a{
	color:#FFFFFF;
}
.wrap {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	margin: auto;
	text-align: left;
}
.preheader {
	margin-top: 20px;
}
.header {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	padding-top: 5px;
	height: 50px;
}
.header_divide {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.header_divide hr {
	color: #666666;
	height:1px;
}
.logo {
}
.lp_navigation {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.lp_banner {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
}
.lp_banner_tagline {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size: 24px;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	color: #666666;
	float: left;
}
.lp_sm_registration {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 40px;
}
.sm_reg_title {
	padding-top: 15px;
}
.sm_reg_title_text {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 24px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #666666;
}
.sm_reg_subtitle_text {
	font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #666666;
}
.sm_reg_values {
	float: left;
}
.clear {
	clear: both;
}
.h1 {
	font-size: 24px;
	font-weight: bolder;
	color: #000;
	padding: 5px;
}
.h2 {
	font-size: 18px;
	color: #333;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-color: #999;
	font-weight: bold;
}
.h3 {
	color: #333;
	background-color: #CCC;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	padding-right: 5px;
	padding-left: 5px;
	font-size: 18px;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding-top: 2px;
	padding-bottom: 2px;
}
.h4 {
	padding: 5px;
	font-size: 14px;
	color: #666666;
}
.t1 {
	font-size: 12px;
	padding: 5px;
}
.t2 {
	padding: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.t3 {
	background-color: #f7f7f7;
	padding: 5px;
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.softbreak {
	margin-top: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 5px;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: dotted;
	border-bottom-color: #999;
}
.content.grid_8 {
    width: auto;
}
.navigation {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	float:left;
	text-align:center;
}
.main {
	width: 60%;
	float: left;
}
/* i think the left column stuff can go away */
.core_content {
	padding-top: 20px;
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	min-height:300px;
}
.left_column{
	height:auto;
}
.left_column span{
	display:block;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
}
.left_column hr{
	background-color:#000;
	border-style:solid;
	height:1px;
}
.center_column {
}
.right_column{
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
}
.center_columns li{
	list-style-image: url('../images/bullet_point.png');
	color:#000;
	text-align: left;
}
.content{
	color:#000;
	position:relative;
}
.search_form{
	width:350px;
}
.header_search_list {
	float:left;
}
.header_search_text {
	float:left;
	padding-left: 15px;
}
.search_filter {
	float:right;
	list-style-image:none;
	list-style-position:outside;
	list-style-type:none;
	margin-bottom:1px;
	margin-left:5px;
	margin-top:0;
	padding:0;
}
.search_filter li {
	float:left;
	margin-left:5px;
}

.button_engage {
	background-color: #bc1818; 
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

button {
	border: 0 none;
	cursor: pointer;
	font-weight: bold;
	padding: 0 15px 0 0;
	text-align: center;
	height: 26px;
	line-height: 26px;
	width: auto;
}

button.rounded {
	background: transparent url('/images/btn_right.png') no-repeat scroll right top;
	clear: left;
	font-size: 0.8em;
}

button span {
	display: block;
	padding: 0 0 0 15px;
	position: relative;
	white-space: nowrap;
	height: 26px;
	line-height: 26px;
}

button.rounded span {
	background: transparent url('/images/btn_left.png') no-repeat scroll left top;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

button.rounded:hover {
	background-position: 100% -26px;
}

button.rounded:hover span {
	background-position: 0% -26px;
}

button::-moz-focus-inner {
	border: none;
}
	
/* slot styles for left and right */
.sponsor {
	background-color: #F0F0F0;
	height: 250px;
	width: 250px;
}
.sponsored_bills_titles {
	float: left;
	width: 180px;
	font-size: x-small;
	line-height: 20px;
	padding-left: 5px;
}

.sponsored_bills_votes {
	float: right;
}
.sponsored_bills_wrapper {
	width: 250px;
}

.yea_nay {
	font-size: 14px;
	float: right;
}
.two_columns {
	float: left;
	font-size: 12px;
	width: 100%;
}
.first_column {
	float: left;
}
.last_column {
	float:right;
}
.left_people_links {
	font-size: 14px;
	float: right;
}
.left_people_titles {
	font-size: 14px;
	float: left;
	padding-left: 5px;
}
.filter_wrapper {
	background-color: #f2f2f2;
	border-bottom-width: 5px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #88ABC2;
}
.filter_image{
	color:#fff;
	background-image:url('/images/side_title_header.png');
	text-transform: uppercase;
}

.filter_bar{
	background-image:url('../images/side_horizontal.png');	
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	display:block;
}

.icountform {
	background-color: white;
	width: 100%;
	font-size: 14px;
	
}
.icountform th {
	text-align: right;
}

.icountform input{
	
	margin-left: 5px;
}
.filterform {
    font-size: 12px;
}
.commentform label {
        display:none;
}
.commentpost input{
        width: 400px;
}

/* main content styling for pages */
.middle_tabs {
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-color: #CCC;
	font-size: 14px;
	padding-left: 5px;
}

.nav_tabs {
	float:left;
	width:100%;
	background:white url("/images/tab_bg_white.gif") repeat-x bottom;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:normal;
}
.nav_tabs ul {
	margin:0;
	padding:10px 10px 0;
	list-style:none;
}
.nav_tabs li {
	float:left;
	background:url("/images/left_on.gif") no-repeat left top;
	margin:0;
	padding:0 0 0 9px;
}
.nav_tabs a {
	float:left;
	display:block;
	background:url("/images/right_on.gif") no-repeat right top;
	padding:5px 15px 4px 6px;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight:bold;
}
/* Commented Backslash Hack
   hides rule from IE5-Mac \*/
.nav_tabs a {float:none;}
/* End IE5-Mac hack */
.nav_tabs a:hover {
	color:#333;
}
.nav_tabs .current {
	background-image:url("/images/left_on.gif");
}
.nav_tabs .current a {
	background-image:url("/images/right_on.gif");
	color:#333;
	padding-bottom:5px;
	border:0;
}
.contribution_header {
	padding: 5px;
	font-size: 14px;
}
.contribution_footer {
	margin-bottom: 20px;
	padding: 5px;
	border-bottom-style: solid;
	border-bottom-width: 1px;
	border-bottom-color: #999;
	font-size: 14px;
}
.contribution_right_padded {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
.contribution_left_padded {
	float: left;
	padding-left: 10px;
}
.contribution_right {
	float:right;
}
.contribution_right .star_ranking{
	float:right;
}
.contribution_left {
	float:left;
}
.contribution_ranking {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 10px;
	font-size: 14px;
}
.contribution_position {
	float: right;
	padding-right: 10px;
	font-size: 14px;
}
.contribution_date {
	font-size: 14px;
	float: left;
}
.contribution_author {
	float: left;
	font-size: 14px;
	
}
.contribution_author_ranking {
	font-size: 14px;
	float: right;
	padding-right: 10px;
}
.see_more {
	font-size: 10px;
	color: #900;
	padding-top: 5px;
	padding-bottom: 5px;
	margin-bottom: 15px;
}

.following {
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}
.sub_following {
    padding-left: 10px;
}
.pg-normal {
    color: black;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-decoration: none;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.pg-selected {
    color: black;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-decoration: underline;
    cursor: pointer;
}