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Income Taxes - Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Federal statutory tax rate		35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Foreign withholding taxes recorded based on a change in the indefinite reinvestment assertion		$ 2.1
Effect of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017
Provisional increase to deferred tax expense		261.3
Provisional transition tax liability		$ 2.6
Period of time over which TCJA transition tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries may be paid		8 years
Forecast
Federal statutory tax rate	21.00%