and dragged her back in the '80s. those are some of our top stories on this friday, december 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we begin this year's final battle over funding the federal government. it took a step towards completion last night on capitol hill. >> just enough members of the house supported a massive spending bill sending it along to the senate. abc's karen travers reports. even though it was passed, plenty of representatives didn't like it. >> reporter: it wouldn't be the holiday season if congress didn't face a major deadline. with little time to spare, the house passed a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government. averting a shutdown. house speaker john boehner promised to get it done but it wasn't without drama and controversy. >> remember, this bill was put together in a bicameral, bipartisan way. there's no members should have objections to it. >> reporter: there was something