Coverage and analysis of U.S. congressional legislation from 1945 to today, including how bills are changed, derailed, or ultimately passed during an annual session of Congress. The CQ Almanac includes in-depth reporting, featuring analysis from authoritative, nonpartisan journalists. Special sections include Policy Tracker, which provides helpful quick links to hundreds of vital legislative topics, and Decades Pages, which allows browsing through an illustrated, linked chronology of key eras in U.S. political history. (Updated annually)