CQ Budget Tracker to Provide In-Depth Coverage of the President´s Proposed 2009 Federal Budget

WASHINGTON, Feb. 04 /PRNewswire/ --

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressional Quarterly Inc. today announced that CQ Budget Tracker, Capitol Hill's definitive resource for real-time intelligence on the federal budget and appropriations process, will offer in-depth, comprehensive coverage of the president's budget proposal.

"Today, President Bush will submit his fiscal 2009 budget proposal," said Mike Riley, CQ's editor and senior vice president. "CQ Budget Tracker provides our subscribers with a complete overview of the budget, as well as the ability to drill into the spending initiatives that matter most to them."

Throughout the week, CQ Budget Tracker will offer:

-- The entire budget proposal and relevant documents within hours of their release.

-- Agency statements about their sections of the budget.

-- Congressional reactions from key members to the budget proposal.

-- Transcripts of hearings with the OMB director and original reporting on all major agency proposals.

In the coming weeks, CQ Budget Tracker will also cover appearances by administration officials as they visit Capitol Hill to defend their agency's budget.

CQ Budget Tracker provides the complete package of original source documents, CQ's exclusive news coverage and behind-the-scenes analysis from CQ experts. CQ Budget Tracker organizes the budget by subject area, offers the departments' and agencies' responses, and provides an original story on each area.

CQ Budget Tracker enables the monitoring of:

-- Decisions - Hearings on draft bills, markups, amendments and conference coverage.

-- Deals - Continuous news updates plus schedules, transcripts and testimonies.

-- Documents - Track and compare bill language and related documents.

-- Dollars - Find historical dollar amounts in customizable spreadsheet-style charts.

For more information or a free trial, go to http://www.cq.com/corp/show.do?page=products_budgettracker or visit .

About Congressional Quarterly Inc.

With more than 150 reporters, editors and researchers covering Capitol Hill and Washington, CQ keeps its readers updated in print and online on a weekly, daily and real-time basis. With a readership that includes nearly every member of Congress, as well as Executive Branch officials, leaders in business and associations, top academic institutions and important media outlets, Congressional Quarterly provides opinion leaders comprehensive, credible, current and objective information on Congress, politics and public policy. CQ's award-winning product line includes: CQ Weekly, CQ Today, CQ.com, CQ Homeland Security, CQ Budget Tracker, CQ HealthBeat, CQ MoneyLine, CQ Politics, Governing Magazine and a line of books and directories under the CQ Press imprint. CQ is owned by the Times Publishing Co. of St. Petersburg, Fla., publisher of the St. Petersburg Times and other publications. For more information, visit http://www.cq.com or .