evidence: The White House has been branding the looming shutdown as an "Extreme Republican Shutdown," arguing that while the Senate is making "bipartisan progress towards keeping the government open and making a down payment on disaster relief funding," House Republicans are "playing partisan games with peoples' lives." [...] White House points to shutdown as impeachment hearing starts [...] "There are 61 hours and 25 minutes until the government shuts down because of extreme House Republicans’ chaos and inability to govern. The consequences for the American people will be very damaging — from lost jobs, to troops working without pay, to jeopardizing important efforts to fight fentanyl, deliver disaster relief, provide food assistance, and more," White House spokesperson Sharon Yang said in a statement. "Nothing can distract from that."