..........the GOP controls 51 of the 60 senate votes needed to pass the budget and avoid the shut down.
Acosta asked a question that I have heard parroted on the MSM shows, "Why call it the Schumer Shut Down of the GOP controls the House, Senate, and White House?"
Well Jim and MSM and other libs, that's because the Nuclear option cannot be invoked in this case.
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/01/19/cnn-star-jim-acosta-scolded-by-mick-mulvaney-amid-schumer-shutdown-briefing.html