BUT…Schumer’s now planning to call a ‘quickie’ vote on Monday to head off voter pushback against Republican AND Democrat Senators by Americans whose priority is to end the ongoing Biden/Mayorkas illegal-alien invasion

An agreement on legislation to [allegedly] spend more on US border security while also helping Ukraine and Israel was moribund Thursday, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell turning away from touting the legislation as more details about the proposal emerged.

McConnell (R-Ky.), 81, forcefully made the case on the Senate floor Wednesday in favor of the $106 billion package, first requested by President Biden in October.

“This is in the United States’ direct interest for authoritarians not to feel free to redraw maps by force,” he said of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine, while adding that the “Senate will very soon have a chance to restore our sovereignty at the southern border.”

But then McConnell made no mention of either Ukraine or the border in his Thursday morning floor speech after hardline Republicans griped to reporters that their caucus had lost its “leverage” over the deal.

McConnell also privately acknowledged to his conference Wednesday afternoon that with former President Donald Trump on a glide path to the 2024 GOP nomination, Senate Republicans “don’t want to do anything to undermine him,” Punchbowl News reported.

“It’s good to see Leader McConnell finally came to his senses before giving Democrats everything they could possibly ask for and more in a re-election year border pivot,” a national GOP strategist told The Post of McConnell’s move.

But other Senate Republican aides stressed to The Post that McConnell’s remarks had been an analysis of their current predicament. The minority leader clarified in Thursday’s conference meeting that he still backs the deal despite it being an election year, they added. ##