lanny dafs contradict what had been testified to congress last week he said he had never asked the president for a pardon. the president making news revealing something brand new saying in a tweet, quote: additionally, he directed -- he directly asked me for a pardon. i said no. he lied again. he also badly wanted to work at the white house. he lied. not surprisingly, cohen fired back that it was the president who is lying about that. chris? >> chris: another night at the white house; john roberts reporting there. thank you. democrats call it a power grab for the people. republicans say it amounts to a federal takeover of elections. the house passed a sweeping election reform bill today but it has no chance of going anywhere in the republican controlled senate. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is here to tell us what's in it. >> the bill is passed. >> the house passed a massive package of overhauls to campaign finance, ethics and voting rights on a party line vote.