
ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. John Kerry heads to the Senate floor during a rare Sunday session on Capitol Hill on Sunday. Mr. Kerry, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in news-show appearances Sunday morning that he thinks Democrats have the votes to ratify START, the nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. John Kerry heads to the Senate floor during a rare Sunday session on Capitol Hill on Sunday. Mr. Kerry, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in news-show appearances Sunday morning that he thinks Democrats have the votes to ratify START, the nuclear arms treaty with Russia.

START POINT MAN: Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, is ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee. (Associated Press)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during the committee's hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)