On this week’s episode of Highway to Hill: The Senate is debating the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship to vote nationwide — but what does that actually mean? Charlie and SoRelle break down how many Americans don’t have quick access to birth certificates or passports (over 21 million); the nightmare this would cause for mail-in voters in red and blue states alike; and whether it has any chance of passing with the filibuster still in place.

Then, in the Gavel Drop: House Democrats try a creative new strategy to end parts of the DHS shutdown with a discharge petition, and Markwayne Mullin’s DHS confirmation hearing gets heated when Rand Paul throws down over Mullin’s past condoning of a violent attack on Senator Paul.

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This week’s syllabus 📚

* “What’s in Trump’s SAVE Act, the Voter ID Bill Republicans Are Pushing?” (Minho Kim, The New York Times)

* “Majority of Americans Continue to Back Expanded Early Voting, Voting by Mail, and Voter ID” (Steven Shepard, Joseph Copeland, Shanay Gracia and Jocelyn Kiley, Pew Research Center)

* “Senate votes to take up Trump’s Save America Act to ‘guarantee the midterms’”, (Theodoric Meyer, The Washington Post)

* “Who Lacks Documentary Proof of Citizenship?” (Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement at University of Maryland, College Park)

* “Talking Filibuster Explainer” (Matt Glassman, Matt’s Five Points)

* “Confirmation hearing for Markwayne Mullin to lead DHS gets ‘spicy’” (Savannah Behrmann, Roll Call)

* Leader Jeffries DHS Discharge Petition

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