aside {

    float: right;
    width: 300px;
    /*
     -webkit-box-shadow:0 0px 40px -10px #AAA;
        -moz-box-shadow:0 0px 40px -10px #AAA;
             box-shadow:0 0px 40px -10px #AAA;*/
}

aside h4 {
/* todo should this be an h5 ? */

    font-size: 18px;
    height: 22px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    padding: 10px 10px 10px 20px;

}

.side-box-header {
/* side bar news heading */

    color: #666;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding-bottom: 10px;

}

/*admin messages*/
.error {
    background: #FFCECE;
    border: 1px solid #DF8F8F;
    color: #883333;
    font-size: 11pt;
    margin: 2px 0 15px; /*   max-width: 705px;*/
    padding: 20px 15px 20px 60px; /*  width: 100%;*/
}

.red_border {
    border: 2px solid #DF8F8F !important;
}

.notice, .info {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFF6BF;
    color: #514721;
    border: 2px solid #FFD324;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    padding: 0.8em;
}

.success {

    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #E6EFC2;
    border: 1px solid #C6D880;
    color: #264409;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    padding: 0.8em;
}

/* box model */
.blog_widget {
    width: 290px;
    padding-bottom: 20px;
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-top: 10px;
}

.blog_widget h5 {
    padding-bottom: 4px;
}

.blog_widget h5 a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

.blog_widget h5 a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.recent_post_date {
    color: #888888;
    font-size: 12px;
}

.one-third-box {

    background-color: #EEEEEE;
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding: 20px;
    width: 265px;
    height: 160px;
    margin-right: 10px;

}

/* forms */
label {
    margin-right: 6px;
    padding-top: 5px; /*needed to align correctly with the padding input fields */
}

.form label {
    width: 150px;
    float: left;
    text-align: right;
    display: block;
}

/* align left in straight line */
.input_row {
    margin-top: 8px;
    margin-bottom: 8px;
}

#zip_code {
    width: 60px;
}

#titledropdown {
    width: 160px;
}

input[type=text], input[type=password], input.text, input.title, textarea, select {
    padding: 5px 5px 6px;
    background: #ffffff url(../main/input-background.gif) no-repeat top left !important;
    border: 1px solid #ADADAD;
}

input:focus, textarea:focus {
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 6px #007eff;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 5px #007eff;
    box-shadow: 0 0 5px #007eff;
    background-image: none;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #fafafa;
}

.form input[type=radio] {
    margin: 5px 5px 0 0;
}

/* tables */

/*.whiplist th {
    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #CCCCCC;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-align: left;
    border: 1px solid #fff;
    padding: 3px;
}

.whiplist td {
    padding: 3px;
}*/

/* main full page intro */
#intro {
    width: 920px;
    padding: 20px 2px 10px 20px;
    background-color: #eee;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    float: left;
}

#center-headline { padding-bottom: 6px; }

#intro p {
/*  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;*/
    font-size: 14px;
    color: #666;
}

article header {
    margin-bottom: 10px; /*padding-bottom:10px;*/
  /*  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 45px 60px -60px #AAA;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 45px 60px -60px #AAA;
    box-shadow: 0 45px 60px -60px #AAA;*/
}

article {
    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    padding: 0 20px 20px 10px;
    width: 610px;
    background-color: #fff;
}

/* pagination todo this css may not be optimized */
div.pagination {
    padding: 3px;
    margin: 3px;
}

div.pagination a {
    padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
    margin: 2px;
    border: 1px solid #AAAADD;

    text-decoration: none; /* no underline */
    color: #000099;
}

div.pagination a:hover, div.pagination a:active {
    border: 1px solid #000099;

    color: #000;
}

div.pagination span.current {
    padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
    margin: 2px;
    border: 1px solid #000099;

    font-weight: bold;
    background-color: #000099;
    color: #FFF;
}

div.pagination span.disabled {
    padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px;
    margin: 2px;
    border: 1px solid #EEE;

    color: #DDD;
}

/* inline social box -- Chrome needs hard height */
.social_box {

    height: 22px;
    overflow: hidden;
}

/*petition with comments */
#petition-intro {
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    line-height: 18px;
}

#petition-lettercount {
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#main-petition-form label {
    width: 110px;
}

#rc-petition-textarea {
    margin-left: 20px;
}

#rc-comment-headline {
    margin-top: 30px;
}

.petition-updates-link {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.petition-updates-link:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* letter to congress page */
#letter-small-instructions {
    margin-top: 3px;
}

#letter-small-instructions p {

    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
}

#letter-intro { background: #eee; padding: 10px; }

#letter-form-box {

    margin-bottom: 40px;
}

#letter-textbox { height:240px;width:580px; }

.title_select {

    background: url(../main/arrow2.gif) no-repeat;
}

#title-label {
    display: none;
}

#letter-form-box button {
    margin-top: 10px;
    margin-left: 150px;
}

/*letter preview page*/
#letter-preview p {
    font-size: 12px;
    margin-top: 9px;
}

/*comments */
#comments-wrapper {
    margin-top: 20px;
}

.comment-box {
    padding-top: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 3px;
    border-top: dashed #999 1px;
}

.testimonials {
    background: url("../main/quotes.png") no-repeat;
    min-height: 63px;
}

.alt {
    background-color: #eee;
}

.commentmetadata {
    padding: 8px 8px 5px 8px;
}

.comment-time {
    float: right;
    color: #666;
}

.comment-text {
    margin-right: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.flag_container {
    float: right;
    font-size: 10px;
}

/* buttons */

/*buttons */
/* button
---------------------------------------------- */
.button {
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1; /* zoom and *display = ie7 hack for display:inline-block */
    *display: inline;
    vertical-align: baseline;
    margin: 0 2px;
    outline: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
    font: 14px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    padding: .3em .9em .4em;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
    -webkit-border-radius: .5em;
    -moz-border-radius: .5em;
    border-radius: .5em;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
}

.button:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
}

.button:active {
    position: relative;
    top: 1px;
}

.bigrounded {
    -webkit-border-radius: 2em;
    -moz-border-radius: 2em;
    border-radius: 2em;
}

.medium {
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: .4em 1.5em .42em;
}

.small {
    font-size: 11px;
    padding: .2em 1em .275em;
}

.action_button {

    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
    border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(000, 000, 000, 0.3), inset 0px 0px 3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(000, 000, 000, 0.3), inset 0px 0px 3px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
    box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0 1px 1px;
    color: white;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: bold;
    padding: 5px 10px 6px 10px;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.action_button:hover {

    cursor: pointer;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.big {
    width: 148px;
    font-size: 20px;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    padding: 8px 26px;
    text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) -1px -1px 1px;
}

/* gray */
.gray {
    color: #e9e9e9;
    border: solid 1px #555;
    background: #6e6e6e;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#888), to(#575757));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #888, #575757);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#888888', endColorstr = '#575757');
}

.gray:hover {
    background: #616161;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#757575), to(#4b4b4b));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #757575, #4b4b4b);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#757575', endColorstr = '#4b4b4b');
}

.gray:active {
    color: #afafaf;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#575757), to(#888));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #575757, #888);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#575757', endColorstr = '#888888');
}

/* red */
.red {
    color: #faddde;
    border: solid 1px #980c10;
    background: #d81b21;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ed1c24), to(#aa1317));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ed1c24, #aa1317);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ed1c24', endColorstr = '#aa1317');
}

.red:hover {
    background: #b61318;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#c9151b), to(#a11115));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #c9151b, #a11115);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#c9151b', endColorstr = '#a11115');
}

.red:active {
    color: #de898c;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#aa1317), to(#ed1c24));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #aa1317, #ed1c24);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#aa1317', endColorstr = '#ed1c24');
}

/* blue */
.blue {
    color: #fff;
    border: solid 1px #0076a3;
    background: #0095cd;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#00adee), to(#0078a5));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #00adee, #0078a5);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#00adee', endColorstr = '#0078a5');
}

.blue:hover {
    background: #007ead;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0095cc), to(#00678e));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0095cc, #00678e);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#0095cc', endColorstr = '#00678e');
}

.blue:active {
    color: #80bed6;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#0078a5), to(#00adee));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0078a5, #00adee);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#0078a5', endColorstr = '#00adee');
}

/* future blue*/
.future_blue {
    border: 1px solid #069;
    background: #09F;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #3BD4FE 0%, #0283CE);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3BD4FE), to(#0283CE));
}

.future_blue:hover {

    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #3bd4fe 0%, #0283ce 50%, #3bd4fe);
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3bd4fe), color-stop(0.50, #0283ce), to(#3bd4fe));
}

.future_blue {
    color: #faddde;
    border: solid 1px #069;
    background: #09F;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#3BD4FE), to(#0283CE));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #3BD4FE, #0283CE);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#3BD4FE', endColorstr = '#0283CE');
}

.future_blue:hover {
    background: #ededed;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#dcdcdc));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #3BD4FE, #dcdcdc);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#3BD4FE', endColorstr = '#dcdcdc');
}

.future_blue:active {
    color: #999;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ededed), to(#fff));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ededed, #fff);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ededed', endColorstr = '#ffffff');
}

/* white */
.white {
    color: #606060;
    border: solid 1px #b7b7b7;
    background: #fff;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#ededed));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #ededed);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ffffff', endColorstr = '#ededed');
}

.white:hover {
    background: #ededed;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#dcdcdc));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #dcdcdc);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ffffff', endColorstr = '#dcdcdc');
}

.white:active {
    color: #999;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#ededed), to(#fff));
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #ededed, #fff);
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr = '#ededed', endColorstr = '#ffffff');
}

/* ribbons */

div.corner-count {
    background: url("http://s3.amazonaws.com/cssth/html5/img/red_ribbon.png") no-repeat scroll right center transparent;
    float: right;
    height: 53px;
    margin: 0 -30px 0 0; /* padding: 10px 10px 0 126px;*/
    width: 197px;
    z-index: 100;
    position: absolute;

}

.count-text {
    margin-left: 40px;
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.corner-new {
    background: url("../main/new.png") no-repeat scroll right center transparent;
    float: right;
    height: 100px;
    margin: -28px -28px 0 0; /* padding: 10px 10px 0 126px;*/
    width: 100px;
    z-index: 100;

}

/* PAGES ----------------------------------------------------*/

/* congress2 */
/* index state list, full page */
.congress2-state-list {

    float: left;
    margin-bottom: 22px;
    margin-left: 22px;
    width: 200px;

}

/*state page */
.cong-box {
    height: 75px; /*keep long names from breaking box rows */
}

/*congress profile page */
#congress-left-column {

    background-color: #fff;
}

#congress-social-box {
    margin-left: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.congress-social {
    float: left;
    margin-top: 7px;
    margin-left: 10px;
    margin-right: 10px;
    text-align: center;
}

.congress-social-link {
    float: left;
    margin-top: 20px;
}

#congress-social-box a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

#congress-social-box a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* news and blogs */
.recent_post {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #D1D1D1;
    color: #252525; /*  display: block;*/
    min-height: 53px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    padding-bottom: 10px;
}

/* category */
.cat-kicker {
    padding-left: 80px;
    font-size: 1em;
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.4em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    margin-bottom: 3px;

}

.cat-kicker a {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #990000;
}

.cat-kicker a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/*petition links */
.action_headline a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

.action_headline a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.action_links {
    margin-top: 8px;
}

.action_links a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

.action_links a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}

/* petition zip */
#petition-title {
    padding-bottom: 4px; /* reduce default padding, this could be another class*/
/*float:left; float to all for facebook recommend button at end of the same line */
}

#pet-zip-form-box {
/* align zip code input box*/

    margin-left: 100px;
    margin-top: 30px;
    margin-bottom: 60px;

}

/* images */
.photoborderlite {
    border: 1px #ccc solid;
    background-color: #fff;
    padding: 2px;
}

.feature-image {
    float: right;
    margin-left: 26px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    padding: 3px;
}

/* facebook */
.facebook-like {

    float: left;
    margin-left: 10px;
    margin-top: 8px;

}

/*phone petition*/
#dialog-message {

    display: none;

}

.ui-widget-overlay {
    background: black;
    opacity: 0.5;
    filter: alpha(opacity = 50);
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
}

.ui-dialog {
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 4px #ddd solid;
    padding: 5px 18px 18px 18px;
    font-size: 1em;
}

/* popup close button */
.ui-dialog-titlebar {
    text-align: right;

}

#popup-title {
    padding-bottom: 0;

}

#dialog-message label {
    width: 130px;
}

/*#dialog-message .input_row { margin-top: 10px; }*/

/* post tags */

#post-title {
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #AAAAAA;
    margin-bottom: 0.25em;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

.post-meta {
    font-size: 12px;
    font-style: italic;
    color: #666;
}

.post-tags {
    background-color: #DAEAF3;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #8FADC0;
    border-right: 1px solid #8FADC0;
    color: #666666;
    margin: 3px 0;
    padding: 2px 4px;
    white-space: nowrap;
    font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif !important;
    font-size: 11px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.post-tags a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

article p {

    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 20px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    padding: 0;
}

/* whiplist */
/*
.whiplist tr {
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
*/

.row-for {
    background-color: #BEFFA8 !important;
}

.row-leanfor {
    background-color: #E9FFDF !important; /* #DCFFD0; */
}

.row-undecided {
    background-color: #fff;
}

.row-leanagainst {
    background-color: #FFD0D0 !important;
}

.row-against {
    background-color: #FF9797 !important;
}

/*category page issue page */
.updated-date {
    font-style: italic;
    font-size: 11px;
    color: #666;
}

.feature {

    padding-bottom: 8px;
    margin: 0 0 16px;
    background: #EDEDED;
}

.feature-title {
    font-size: 1em;
    font-weight: bold;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    line-height: 24px;
    text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
}

.cat-news {
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
    background-color: transparent;
    border-top-color: #D8D8D8;
    border-top-style: solid;
    border-top-width: 1px;
    color: #505050;
    display: block;
    font-family: Arial, Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
    height: 24px;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
    line-height: 24px;
    margin: 0;
    padding-bottom: 8px;
    padding-left: 0px;
    padding-right: 0px;
    padding-top: 8px;
    text-rendering: optimizelegibility;
    width: 464px;
}

/*key votes -- could be a default table type */
.keyvote-index { width: 95%; }
.keyvote-index tr {

    border-bottom:  1px solid #ddd;
}

.keyvote-index td {

    padding: 12px 15px 8px 15px;
}

.keyvote-index a {
    text-decoration: none;
}
.keyvote-index a:hover {
    text-decoration: underline;
}



.keyvote-lawmakers tr { height: 20px; }
.keyvote-lawmakers td { padding-left: 20px; padding-top:2px; padding-bottom: 1px; }
.keyvote-lawmakers a {
    text-decoration: none;
}
.keyvote-lawmakers a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }

.yes_votes { font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color: #FCB514; }
.keyvote-lawmakers tr:nth-child(odd)    { background-color:#eee; }
.keyvote-lawmakers tr:nth-child(even)    { background-color:#fff; }

/* activity act report */
.leader-box {

    background-color: #0099FF;
    color: #FFFFFF;
    font-size: 14px;
    padding:  5px 8px;

}

/* clearfix */
.clearfix:before, .clearfix:after {
    content: "\0020";
    display: block;
    height: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.clearfix:after {
    clear: both;
}

.clearfix {
    zoom: 1;
}