/*------------------------------ GLOBAL------------------------------------ */
body {
	margin: 0;
	background-image:url(../images/bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	background-color:#464646;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;
}
img {
	border: 0;
}

h1 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
}
h2 {
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 0 10px 0;
	font-style:italic;
	font-size:19px;
	color:#000000;
}
h3{
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:17px;
	color:#041759;
	padding:0px 0 10px 0;
	margin:0;
}
h4{
	margin:0;
	font-size:13px;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding:1px 10px 3px 10px;
}
h5{
	font-size:17px;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0px;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	padding-top:3px;
	color:#d4222d;
}
h6{
	color:#717171;
	font-size:13px;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0;
}
.sub_header{
	font-size:17px;
	font-weight:normal;
	margin:0px;
	padding-bottom:10px;
	padding-top:3px;
	color:#165491;
}
p{
	margin:0;
}
.blue{
	color:#041759;
}
.black{
	color:#000000;
}
.bold{
	font-weight:bold;
}
.clearfix {
	clear: both
}
.floatleft {
	float: left
}
ul{
	padding:0;
	
	margin:0;
}
ol{
padding:0;
margin:0;
}
#black_border{
	border-bottom:1px solid #000000;
	margin-top:5px;
}
#gray_border{
	border-bottom:1px solid #727272;
	margin:5px 0 5px 0;
	clear:both;
}
form select{
	margin-bottom:8px;
}
input{
	margin-bottom:8px;
	margin-right:5px;
}
select{
	margin-right:10px;
}
/*--------------------------WRAPPER---------------------------------*/
#wrapper{
	width:918px;
	background-color:#FFFFFF;
	background-image:url(../images/wrapper_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-y;
	background-position:top;
}
/*---------------------------HEADER-----------------------------------*/
#header{
	background-image:url(../images/header_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	height:84px;
}
#flash_header{
	float:right;
}
#logo{
	margin:0;
	float:left;
	top:0px;
}
#header_graphic{
	float:right;
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
}
/*---------------------------CONTAINERS------------------------------*/
#main_content{
	background-image:url(../images/main_content_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:repeat-x;
	background-position:top;
}
#left_side{
	width:172px;
	float:left;
}
/*---------------------------MAIN NAV-------------------------------*/
#main_nav ul{
	width:172px;
}
#main_nav li{
	list-style:none;
	border-bottom:1px dotted #000000;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	line-height:0px;
	font-size:14px;
}
#main_nav li a:link, #main_nav li a:active, #main_nav li a:visited{
	color:#000000;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight:bold;	
}
#main_nav li ul{
	background-color:#e9e9e9;
	width:172px;
	border-top:1px dotted #000000;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	padding:10px 0 3px 0;
}
#main_nav li ul li{
	border:none;
	list-style-image:url(../images/blue_arrow.jpg);
	margin:0 0 0 26px;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	padding-left:0px;
	padding-bottom:6px;
	font-size:12px;
	line-height:17px;
}
#main_nav li ul li a:link, #main_nav li ul li a:active, #main_nav li ul li a:visited{
}
#main_nav li div{
}
#main_nav li ul li a:hover{
	color:#d6222c;
}
#main_nav li a:hover div{
	background-image:url(../images/main_nav_bgd.jpg);
	background-position:top left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	cursor:pointer;
}
.selected{
	background-image:url(../images/main_nav_bgd.jpg);
	background-position:top left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	cursor:pointer;
}
.Nav{
	height:4px;
	width:152px;
	padding:15px 10px 10px 10px;	
}
/*---------------------------LEFT SIDE------------------------------*/
#left_side_content{
	background-image:url(../images/left_side_content_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:top;
}
#left_side_content img{
	margin:40px 0px 15px 21px;
}

#left_side_footer{
	margin:5px 10px 10px 15px;
	font-size:12px;
}
#left_side_footer a:link, #left_side_footer a:visited, #left_side_footer a:active{
	text-decoration:underline;
	color:#194792;
}

/*------------------------MIDDLE CONTENT----------------------------*/
#middle{
	float:left;
	width:484px;
	font-size:14px;
	line-height:18px;
}
#middle_content{
	padding:30px 12px 20px 12px;
	color:#333333;
}
#middle p{
	font-size:14px;
	padding-bottom:5px;
}
#middle p a:link, #middle p a:visited, #middle p a:active{
	color:#25468b;
}
#middle p a:hover{
	color:#062066;
	text-decoration:none;
}
.story_thumb{
	padding:0 10px 5px 0;
	clear:left;
	margin:5px 0 5px 0;
}
#story_nav{
	padding:0;
	margin:0;
	margin-top:5px;
	margin-bottom:5px;
}
#story_nav li{
	display:inline;
	padding:0 5px 0 0;
	color:#b3b3b3;
}
#story_nav a:link, #story_nav a:active, #story_nav a:visited{
	color:#40668c;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#story_nav a:hover{
	color:#cf4040;
}
#middle img{
	padding:0px 5px 5px 5px;

}
a:link, a:active, a:visited{
	text-decoration:underline;
	color:#165491;
}
a:hover{
	color:#428dd5;
}
#middle ul li, #middle ol li{
	margin-left:18px;
}

/*------------------------RIGHT SIDE------------------------------*/
#right_side{
	width:260px;
	float:right;
}
#headline{
	width:235px;
	margin-left:13px;
	padding-top:2px;
}
#headline img{
	padding:0 0 0 0;
}
.scroller_topper{
	background-image:url(../images/scroller_bgd_topper.jpg);
	min-height:28px;
	background-color:#103a8c;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	color:#FFFFFF;
	padding:4px 0 0 10px;
	font-size:14px;
}

.scroller_topper p {
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-decoration:none;
	font-weight:bold;
}
.scroller_topper a:link, .scroller_topp a:visited, .scroller_topper a:active{
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#scroller{
	background-image:url(../images/headline_scroller_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-position:top;
	background-color:#0f3b8c;
	color:#96aeda;
	font-size:10px;
	padding-top:5px;
	min-height:80px;
}
#scroller p{
	padding:0 10px 8px 10px;
	line-height:12px;
	font-size:11px;
	margin:0;
}
#numbers{
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-color:#0f3b8c;
	background-position:bottom;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	
}
#numbers ul{
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	padding:10px 0 0 30px;
	text-align:left;
		
}
#numbers ul li{
	display:inline;
	font-size:12px;
	
	padding:0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	
}
#numbers a:link, #numbers a:visited, #numbers a:active{
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#numbers ul li a:hover{
}
.number_container li{	
}
#nav { background-image:url(../images/scroller_bgd.jpg);
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-color:#0f3b8c;
	background-position:;
	padding:0 0 0 0;
	margin:0 0 0 0;
	font-size:16px; 
	 }
#nav a {
	margin:10px 0 0 4px;
	padding:10px 10px 0 10px;
	text-decoration: none;
	font-size:16px;
	height:28px;	
} 
#nav a.activeSlide {
	background-image:url(../images/scroller_over.jpg); 
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	background-color:#0f3b8c;
	background-position:center bottom;
	font-size:16px;
					 }
 #nav a:focus { outline: none; }
 #nav ul li {display:inline;
 padding:0;}
 #nav ul{
 padding:0;
 margin:0 0 0 0;
 }
#shadow{
}
.right_link{
	background-image:url(../images/right_side_link.jpg);
	background-color:#103a8c;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	margin-right:12px;
	padding:4px 0 0 10px;
	margin-left:13px;
	margin-top:13px;
	font-size:14px;
}
.right_link p{
	margin:0;
	padding-bottom:5px;
}
.right_link a:link, .right_link a:active, .right_link a:visited{
	color:#FFFFFF;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#bill_alerts_content, #right_side_featured{
	background-color:#cccccc;
	margin:0 12px 0 13px;
	padding:0;
}
#bill_alerts_content p, #right_side_featured p{
	margin:0;
	padding:5px 10px 5px 10px;
	font-size:12px;
	border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF;	
}

#featured_stories a{
	color:#FFFFFF;
	margin:0 12px 0 13px;
	padding:0;
}

.nospace{
	margin:0px;
	padding:0px;
}


#featured_stories {
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
}
#featured_stories a:link, #featured_stories a:visited, #featured_stories a:active{
	color:#ffffff;
	text-decoration:none;
}

#featured_stories_content{
	background-color:#cccccc;
	margin:0 12px 0 13px;
	padding:0;
}
#featured_stories_content p{
	margin:0;
	padding:5px 10px 5px 10px;
	font-size:12px;
}

#links {
 text-decoration:underline; }


.alert_title{
	/* text-transform:uppercase;*/
	color:#cc3333;
	
}
.right_side_thumb{
}

/*---------------------------FOOTER------------------------------*/
#footer{
	background-color:#e5e5e5;
	border-top:1px dotted #000000;
	padding:20px 0 20px 0;
}
#footer_content{
	text-align:center;
	
}
.footer_tag{
	font-size:15px;
	color:#124294;
	padding-bottom:10px;
}
.address{
	font-size:13px;
}

.addressSmall{
	font-size:11px;
}

.mission{
	font-size:10px;
}
.mission a:link, .mission a:visited, .mission a:active{
	color:#09266a;
	text-decoration:none;
}