[ExSoldier]

This I already knew. What I'm asking is that: Suppose the treaty languishes for over 7 years (which is I think the "drop dead" time period for an unratified-by-the-states Constitutional Amendment) -- can a different Senate body suddenly ratify an older Treaty and have it take the force of law?

[caww]

<....”can a different Senate body suddenly ratify an older Treaty and have it take the force of law?”....>

Yes I would think so.... Many laws and treaties have been changed when the Senate moves to a majority of one or the other parties...but it depends on who makes it their priority and presents the changes....or enforcement of...or for that matter, resurrection of what was the “drop dead” time period.