Get the first draft of history and plan for tomorrow with a complete review of legislative action from the first session of the 111th Congress. Brought to you by the expert and nonpartisan CQ editorial staff, the CQ Almanac 2009 chronicles and analyzes the major bills brought before the 111th Congress in its first session, and includes exclusive insight into the forces that drove action on legislation, as well as nominations and congressional oversight activities.

The acclaimed source for the best coverage and analysis of U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today is now available in a powerful, easy-to-navigate online edition. CQ Almanac is renowned for its in-depth analysis of the path legislation takes through Congress, including how bills are changed, derailed, or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. Users can quickly and easily navigate more than six decades of exclusive, in-depth reporting on the major activities of the U.S. Congress, featuring expert analysis from CQs authoritative, nonpartisan journalists the largest reporting team on Capitol Hill. This online edition also offers one-of-a-kind features, including the new Policy Tracker, which provides helpful quick links to hundreds of vital legislative topics and Decades Pages, which offer unique and engaging browsing structure through an illustrated, linked chronology of key eras in U.S. political history. Online users will enjoy acclaimed CQ Press online functionality that includes advanced search capabilities, intuitive browsing menus, customization options for creating a profile and saving and e-mailing documents, and other handy online tools such as CiteNow!