I have been looking forward to this Congress.gov release for several months. There is now nomination information, accounts, the ability to save searches, an expanded About section, an FAQ section, easy access to Member remarks in the Congressional Record, and more.
With the new updates, you can locate nominations dating back to 1981. The nominations section allows you to retrieve information via faceted navigation, just as you do throughout the rest of the site.
You can even save your customized search by creating an account. 
On THOMAS, individual accounts were a feature that the system could not support. Now you will have the option to save your search so you can quickly run it again later. This is especially usef