Federal Gov’t Shutdown, Congressional Black Caucus Harold Fisher September 22, 2023 at 8:10 pm in NEWS, PODCASTS, The Daily Drum Insight Segment Tweet Eight days and counting. Tensions are rising and anxiety too for federal government workers. If Congress doesn’t pass spending bill by September 30th, hundreds of thousands of federal government workers will be out of work. We’ve seen this before. The longest shutdown lasted 35 painful days. It ended in January of 2019. We’re talking the realities and the politics of the looming shutdown and the Congressional Black Caucus. Glenn Ivey, (D) U.S. Representative, Maryland 4th District Dr. Niambi Carter, Author, “American While Black: African Americans, Immigration and the Limits of Citizenship” Tags: "American While Black: African Americans, (D) Maryland 4th District, (D) U.S. Representative, Congressional Black Caucus, Dr. Niambi Carter, Glenn Ivey, Immigration and the Limits of Citizenship"