/*  
Theme Name: AFL CIO Default
Theme URI: http://blog.aflcio.org/
Description: Default AFL-CIO blog template.
Version: 1
Author: n/a
Author URI: n/a

	*** REGARDING IMAGES ***
	All CSS that involves the use of images, can be found in the 'index.php' file.
	This is to ease installation inside subdirectories of a server.

	Have fun, and don't be afraid to contact me if you have questions.
*/



/* Begin Typography & Colors */
html, body {margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center; 
/************** background color was background: #fff; *********************/
background-color:#666666 ;
/********************* end **********************/
}
body {}
html {height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px;} /* force scrollbars on short pages*/

#container {
 padding: 0; margin: 0 auto; text-align: left; 
 
 background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/__forum_back.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;background-position:top left;


/**************** changed width 760px to 899px ******************/
width: 899px; 
/********************** end *******************************/
}

a {color: #DD0011; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal;}
a:hover {color: #DD0011; text-decoration: underline;}
a img {border: 0;}

body, div, td, th, h1, h2, h3, h4 { /* redundant rules for bad browsers  */  
  font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:    x-small;
	voice-family: "\"}\"";
	voice-family: inherit;
	font-size: small;
	color: #333;
}

font {
  font-family: arial, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:    x-small;
	voice-family: "\"}\"";
	voice-family: inherit;
	font-size: small;
}


p {font-size: 12px; margin-top: 0;}

h1, h2 {font-family: "Arial Black", Impact, Arial, serif; margin-top: 0; letter-spacing: -1px;}
h1 {font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011; margin-top: 0;}
h2 {font-size: 22px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011; margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 0px;}
h3 {font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Tahoma, Impact, "Arial Black", Arial, serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #FFFFFF; margin-top: 0 ;  letter-spacing: 1px;}
h4 {font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; margin-top: 0;  letter-spacing: 1px;}
h2 a {color:#000;}
h2 a:hover {color:#000;text-decoration:underline;}

td {vertical-align: top; border: none;}

div.clear {clear: both; line-height: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;}
img.photo {border: 1px solid #fff;}
img.floatl {float: left; padding: 5px 5px 5px 0;}
img.floatr {float: right; padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;}

/* HEADER
----------------------------------------------- */
#header {margin: 0 0 20px 0; padding: 0; text-align: left;  position: relative;
/*************** height was height: 102px; *************************/
height: 115px;}
/********************* end ****************/

#headerSubmitNews {position: absolute; top: 46px; left: 560px;}

/* MAIN CONTENT
----------------------------------------------- */
#contentContainer {
/*
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/__forum_back.gif);background-repeat:repeat-y;background-position:top left;
padding:0; margin:0;
*/
}

#contentContainer table td#left {width: 560px !important; padding: 0; margin: 0; }

#content {padding: 5px 30px 5px 0; margin: 0;}
#content p {color: #000; font-size: 11px; color: #557; line-height: 1.4em;}
#content span.author {font-size:.8em;text-transform:capitalize;}
#content p.readmore a {font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline;}
#content p a {font-weight:bold;}
#content p.author {font-weight:normal;}
#content p.author a {font-weight:normal;}

#content .blogEntry { border-top: 1px solid #ccc; padding-top: 2px; position: relative; margin-bottom: 10px; 
/*********** added next line here ; padding-left was 2px ***************/
width:642px; padding-left: 10px;
/*********** end ********************************/
}
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryDate {font-weight: normal;font-size:14px;text-transform: uppercase;color: #999;font-family:Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif;position:relative;top: 4px;}
/*
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryDate {position: absolute; top: 4px; left: 400px; text-align: right; width: 124px; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; color: #999;}
*/
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryFooter {border-top: 1px solid #ccc; padding-top: 2px; padding-left: 2px; margin-left: -2px; margin-right: -2px; position: relative;}
/*
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryLink {position: absolute; top: 4px; left: 450px; width: 74px; text-align: right; font-family: Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011;}
*/
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryLink {font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; color: #dd0011; font-family: Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif; POSITION: relative; top: 0px;}
#content .blogEntry .blogEntryLink a {font-weight: normal;}
#content .blogEntry img { margin:10px; }


#content .blogEntry h2 {color: #000; margin-bottom: 0px;}

#content .blogEntry h3 {text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-right: 140px;}
#content .blogEntry p {font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; color: #000;}

#content .blogEntry p.smalltype {font-size: 9px;}



#content .blogEntry span.more {font-family: Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011;}
#content .blogEntry span.more a {font-weight: normal; text-decoration:underline}
#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryTags {color: #666; padding-right: 20px;}
#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryTags a {color: #666; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; }
#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryTags span {font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #666;}


#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryTags span.channel {font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011;}


#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryTags span.channel a {color: #DD0011; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal;}
#content .blogEntry p.blogEntryLink img { margin:0; }
#content a.archives_link {font-weight:bold; font-size:1.2em; margin:0;padding:0;padding-left: 15px;}
#content p.archives { font-weight:bold !important; font-size:1.2em !important; }


/* COMMENTS
----------------------------------------------- */
#commentform input { border:1px solid #999; }
#commentform textarea { border:1px solid #999;width:400px;height:100px;padding:2px;}
#commentform input#submit {border-top:1px solid #ccc;border-right:1px solid #666; border-bottom:1px solid #666;border-left:1px solid #ccc;background:#ddd;padding:3px;}

/* SIDEBAR
----------------------------------------------- */
#contentContainer table td#right {width: 210px; padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0px #CC0000 solid; }


/*
.sideBlockWhite {background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-white-bg.gif) repeat-y 0 0; text-align: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;}
.sideBlockWhite .sideTop {background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-white-top.gif) no-repeat; margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 15px; font-size: 1px;}
.sideBlockWhite .sideContent {padding: 0;}
.sideBlockWhite .sideBottom {background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-white-bottom.gif) no-repeat; margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 15px; font-size: 1px; clear: both;}
*/


.sideBlockWhite {

background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-bg.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
text-align: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;}


.sideBlockWhite .sideTop {
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-top.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 12px; font-size: 1px;}


.sideBlockWhite .sideContent {padding: 0;}

.sideBlockWhite .sideBottom {
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-bottom.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;

margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 15px; font-size: 1px; clear: both;}
.sideBlockWhite p.archives_link {font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; color:#999999; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 1px; padding: 5px 15px; clear: both; }



.sideBlockGrey {

/* background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-grey-bg.gif) repeat-y 0 0;*/

background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-bg.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:repeat-y;
text-align: left; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;}

.sideBlockGrey .sideTop {
/* background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-grey-top_b.gif) no-repeat;*/

background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-top.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;

margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 9px; font-size: 1px;}


.sideBlockGrey .sideContent {padding: 0;}
.sideBlockGrey .sideBottom {

/* background:url(http://blog.aflcio.org/wp-content/themes/default/images/side-grey-bottom.gif) no-repeat;*/


background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/side-white-bottom.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;

margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 15px; font-size: 1px; clear: both;}

.sideContent h2 {padding-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 10px;}
.sideContent h3 {padding-left: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;}
.sideContent h4 {padding-left: 15px; }



.sideBlockWhite p {padding:0 15px;}
.sideBlockGrey p {padding:0 15px;}

#sideWhoWeAre {margin-bottom: 10px;}

#sideWhoWeAreHide {width:200px;margin-bottom: 10px;}
#sideWhoWeAreHide p {padding:0 15px;}

#sideChannels ul {margin: 0 10px 0 15px; list-style-type: none; padding: 0;}
#sideChannels li {margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: #CCFFFF;padding-bottom:5px;}
#sideChannels li a {font-weight: normal; color: #fff; font-size: 11px;}
#sideChannels li a:hover {color: #DD0011; font-weight:normal; font-size: 11px;}


#sideCandidates ul {margin: 0 5px 0 15px; list-style-type: none; padding: 0;}
#sideCandidates li {margin: 0 0 0px 0; font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: #CCFFFF;}
#sideCandidates li a {font-weight: normal; color: #fff; font-size: 11px;}
#sideCandidates li a:hover {color: #DD0011; font-weight:normal; font-size: 11px;}

#sideSignUp h3 {color: #333; margin-bottom: 6px;}
#sideSignUp #signup {margin: 0 15px;}
#sideSignUp #signup label {display: none;}
#sideSignUp #signup input {vertical-align: middle;}
#sideSignUp #signup input.text {margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px 3px;}
#sideSignUp #signup #side_email {width: 160px;}
#sideSignUp #signup #side_fname {width: 68px; margin-right: 10px;}
#sideSignUp #signup #side_lname {width: 68px;}
#sideSignUp #signup #side_zip {width: 68px; margin-right: 10px;}

#sideRecentPosts {}
#sideRecentPosts h3 {text-transform: uppercase;}
#sideRecentPosts .sidePost {border-top: 1px solid #ddd; margin: 1px; padding: 5px 15px; clear: both; }
#sideRecentPosts .sidePost p {margin-left: 34px; margin-bottom: 0;}
#sideRecentPosts .sidePostDate {text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 9px; color: #666; text-align: center; width: 25px; float: left;}
#sideRecentPosts .sidePostDate span {font-family: Impact, "Arial Bold", Arial, serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; color: #999;}
#sideRecentPosts .sidePost a {color: #666;}
#sideRecentPosts .sidePost a:hover {color: #DD0011;}

#sideRecentPosts #search { margin: 1px; padding: 5px 5px; clear: both; }
#sideRecentPosts #search label {display: none;}
#sideRecentPosts #search input {vertical-align: middle;}
#sideRecentPosts #search input.text {margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px 3px;}
#sideRecentPosts #search #s {width: 145px;}

#sideDailyClips {}
#sideDailyClips h3 {text-transform: uppercase;}
#sideDailyClips .sideClip { border-top: 1px solid #486780; margin: 1px 10px 1px 1px; padding: 1px 1px; clear: both; }
#sideDailyClips .sideClip p {margin-left: 1px; margin-bottom: 0;}
#sideDailyClips .sideClipSource {text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 9px; color: #666; text-align: center; width: 15px; float: left;}
#sideDailyClips .sideClip a {color: #fff;}
#sideDailyClips .sideClip a:hover {color: #DD0011;}
#sideDailyClips p.more {font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: #DD0011; border-top: 1px solid #486780; margin: 1px 10px 1px 1px; padding: 5px 5px; clear: both; }
#sideDailyClips p.more a {font-weight: normal; text-decoration:underline}

#sideBlogroll {}
#sideBlogroll ul {margin: 0 5px 5px 15px; list-style-type: none; padding: 0; font-weight: bold; color: #DD0011;}
#sideBlogroll li {margin: 2px 0 0 0; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: #666;}
#sideBlogroll li a {color: #666;}
#sideBlogroll li a:hover {color: #DD0011;}
#sideBlogroll h3.blogTitle {margin:10px 0 5px 0;font-size:16px;}

/* FOOTER
----------------------------------------------- */
#footer {
/**************** was:   padding: 0; margin: 10px 0 0 0; *************/
width: 899px;  /* width: 896px; */ margin: 0; padding: 0;padding-top: 0px; height: 30px; vertical-align: top; 
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/__footer_back.gif);background-repeat:repeat-x;background-position:top left;
 font-family: "TREBUCHET MS", Tahoma,  Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color:#FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;
text-align:center;


/**************************** end ************************************/
}
/*
#footer p {text-align: left; font-size: .9em; line-height: 1.4em; margin: 0; padding: 10px 0 10px 0; color: #777;}
#footer a {color: #fff;}
*/

/* FORM ATTRIBUTES
----------------------------------------------- */
form {margin: 0;}
form p, form label {font-size: 10px; margin: 0; padding: 1px; line-height: 1.2em;}
select {font-size: 10px;}
input, textarea {background: #fff; font: 11px "lucida grande", verdana, lucida, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.1em;}
input.button {cursor: pointer; background: #343434; border: solid 1px #000; color: #fff;}
label {padding: 0px; font: 11px "lucida grande", verdana, lucida, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.1em;}

/* CHANH ADDED THE FOLLOWING
----------------------------------------------- */
a.small_link:link, a.small_link:visited, a.small_link:active {	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 11px;color:	#666666;  text-decoration:none;	}
 
a.small_link:hover {	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 11px;color:	#000000;  text-decoration:	underline;	}
	
.redtype	{ color: #DD0011; font-size: 11px;}
.greentype	{ color: #008000; font-size: 11px;}

.captiontype {
	font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size: 9px;}
	
/******* from wfvote2008.css ******************/
TABLE.topnav {width:899px; height:37px;
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/images/__topnav_back.jpg);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;

}

TABLE.topnav INPUT {background-color:	transparent;}

TD.search {width:240px; height:37px;padding-top: 5px;}

TD.nav  {padding-top: 9px; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight:bold;vertical-align:middle;}
TD.nav  a { text-decoration:none; color:	#FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;}
TD.nav  a:active { text-decoration:none; color:	#FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;}
TD.nav  a:visited { text-decoration:none; color:	#FFFFFF; font-weight: bold;}
TD.nav  a:hover { text-decoration:none; color: #CC0000; font-weight: bold;}


TD.search form {padding:0; margin:0;}


TD.search_label_cell {vertical-align:middle;}
.search_label {color: #CC0000;font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;}


.searchfield {
background-image:url(http://www.aflcio.org/images/__searchbox_back.gif);
background-position: top left;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
border:0;
padding-left: 5px;
margin: 1px;
height: 20px;
width:100px;
display: inline; 
}


#rightcolumn {margin-bottom: 10px; padding:0;}

#rightcolumn P {margin: 2px 8px 2px 8px; font-size:11px;}
#rightcolumn P  a { text-decoration:underline; color:	#CCFFFF; font-weight: normal;}
#rightcolumn P  a:active { text-decoration:underline; color:	#CCFFFF; font-weight: normal;}
#rightcolumn P  a:visited { text-decoration:underline; color:	#CCFFFF; font-weight: normal;}
#rightcolumn P  a:hover { text-decoration:none; color: #CC0000; font-weight: normal;}



.spacer {margin:0px; padding:0px;height:3px; font-size:3px; }

#sideDailyClips .sideContent p .blue_link a:link {color:CCFFFF; text-decoration:underline;}
#sideDailyClips .sideContent p .blue_link a:visited {color:CCFFFF; text-decoration:underline;}
#sideDailyClips .sideContent p .blue_link a:active {color:CCFFFF; text-decoration:underline;}
#sideDailyClips .sideContent p .blue_link a:hover {color:FFFFFF; text-decoration:underline;}	
