Washington — Sen. Jon Kyl (R., Ariz.) tells NRO that if a tax-cut deal isn’t cut by early next week, there will not be enough time to deal with the START treaty in the lame-duck session.

“In the next couple weeks, the lame duck is done,” Kyl says in an interview outside the Senate chamber. “The deal on taxes has to be done very early next week, like Monday.”

If there isn’t a deal by then, “you’re not going to have time to do START,” Kyl says.