footer too high in IE

Hi all. I’m using the Options theme and thought I had it all customized then I realized the footer was too high in Internet Explorer (not at the bottom of the page).

Can anyone tell me how to drop it lower.

This is all of the footer code on the css style sheet:

#footer {
clear: both;
float: left;
width: 930px;
text-align: left;
margin: 5px 0 0 0;
padding: 20px 5px 15px 5px;
color: #333;
background: #d7d6cb url(images/footer-bg.gif) no-repeat 0 0;
}

#footer p { margin: 5px 0; line-height: 1.3em; }
#footer p.left, #footer p.right { width: 50%; }
#footer p.right { text-align: right; }

Thanks so much!