OpenSecrets.org updates Financial Disclosure database

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Want to know what members of Congress disclosed owning stock in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, American International Group or Bear Stearns on their most recent financial disclosure reports?

Want to see who reported owing money to Countrywide Financial? (Try here and here.)

OpenSecrets.org has provided the latest digitized data on financial disclosure forms filed by members of Congress, searchable by member, by company name or by keyword. Find out what assets, liabilities and transactions were popular on Capitol Hill.

The most recent disclosures covered data as of the end of 2007; in June 2009 we’ll get a look at what members were up to in 2008 — and find out who was selling what ahead of the market meltdown.