body {
	margin:0; 
	padding:0; 
	background: #212a5e;
}

.cl {
	clear:both;
}

#main-container {
	width:720px;
	margin: 0 auto; 
	background: #FFFFFF;
}

#header {
	background: url("/images/header.jpg") no-repeat scroll 0 45px #212a5e;
	width:720px;
	height:309px; 
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	margin-top:-20px;
}

#democrats-header {
	background: url("/images/democrats-header.jpg") no-repeat scroll 0 45px #212a5e;
	width:720px;
	height:309px; 
	margin-bottom: 1px;
	margin-top:-20px;
}

#header-links {
	float:right; 
	color:#FFFFFF; 
	font: bold 30px 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
	padding: 35px 10px 0px 0px;
}

#header-links a {
	text-decoration: none;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}

#nav {
	width:720px; 
	background: #212a5e; 
	color: #FFFFFF; 
	font: 14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height:25px;
}

#nav a {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	text-decoration:none;
	border-right: #FFFFFF 1px dotted;
	padding: 0px 15px 0px 15px;
}

#content-container {
	width:710px; 
	background: #FFFFFF;
	padding:5px; 
	color: #000000;
	font: 12px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}

#content-container h2 {
	color: #212a5e;
	margin-bottom: 0;
}

#home-issues-container {
	float:right; 
	width: 230px; 
	height:478px; 
	border: #212a5e 1px solid; 
	margin-right:10px;
	color:#212a5e;
	font: 13px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	overflow:scroll;
}

#home-issues-container a {
	color:#212a5e;
	text-decoration:underline;
	font-weight:normal;
}

.home-issues-header {
	background: #212a5e; 
	color:#FFFFFF; 
	text-align:center;
	font: bold 18px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	line-height:25px;
}

#home-news {
	overflow: auto; 
	color:#212a5e;
	padding: 3px;
}

#home-issues {
	padding: 3px;
}

#home-content {
	width:456px;
	border: #212a5e 1px solid; 
	padding: 5px;
	min-height:468px; 
}

#footer {
	background: transparent url(/images/footer.jpg) no-repeat; 
	width:720px;
	height:48px;
}

#content {
	border: #212a5e 1px solid;
	margin-top: 40px;
	padding: 5px;
}

#content h1 {
	margin: -32px 0px 0px -5px;
	font-size:28px;
	color: #212a5e;
}

.flexdropdownmenu, .flexdropdownmenu ul{ /*topmost and sub ULs, respectively*/
font: normal 13px Verdana;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
list-style-type: none;
background: white;
border: 1px solid black;
border-bottom-width: 0;
visibility: hidden;
display: none; /*collapse all sub menus to begin with*/
box-shadow: 3px 3px 8px #818181; /*shadow for CSS3 capable browsers.*/
-webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 8px #818181;
-moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 8px #818181;
}

#news li a {
	width:400px;
}


.flexdropdownmenu li{
position: relative;
}

.flexdropdownmenu li a{
display: block;
width: 160px; /*width of menu (not including side paddings)*/
color: black;
background: #CDCCCC;
border-bottom: 1px solid black;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 4px 5px;
}

* html .flexdropdownmenu li{ /*IE6 CSS hack*/
display: inline-block;
width: 160px; /*width of menu (include side paddings of LI A*/
}

.flexdropdownmenu li a:hover, .flexdropdownmenu li.selected>a{
background: #000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}

.rightarrowclass{
position: absolute;
top: 6px;
right: 5px;
}