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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/13/2008

Obama to Leave His Senate Seat

— thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — The president-elect removes himself from the Senate just before next week's lame-duck session.... (more) Obama to Leave His Senate Seat

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news.yahoo.com - 11/13/2008

Obama resigning Senate seat (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - President-elect Barack Obama says he's resigning from the Senate, effective Sunday.... (more) Obama resigning Senate seat (AP)

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politicalwire.com - 11/14/2008

Obama Will Resign Senate Seat on Sunday

— politicalwire.com — President-elect Barack Obama said he will step down from his U.S. Senate seat effective this Sunday, the... Chicago Tribune reports. "Aides to Obama already had said he would not be returning to Washington to vote on Senate matters this fall, in ... (more) Obama Will Resign Senate Seat on Sunday

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Obama resigning Senate seat as of Sunday.
Think Progress — ... Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that he will be giving up his Senate seat, effective on Sunday. “It has been one of the highest honors and privileges of my life to have served the people of Illinois in the United States Senate,” Obama said in a statement. The Chicago Tribune notes that the news ...

President Elect Obama To Resign Senate Seat Sunday
A Blog For All — It is rare for a sitting Senator to become President, and it makes for some unusual occurrences. President-elect Barack Obama will be stepping down from his Senate seat on Sunday to devote his full time to preparing for assuming the White House on January 20. This also means that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich gets to choose who will replace Obama in the Senate. All political eyes in Illinois are on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to see who he will select to replace Obama for the two years remaining in his term. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been the most overt in positioning ...

This Sunday Obama Resigns Seat
The Latest on Air America — President-elect Barack Obama will officially resign his Senate seat this Sunday. Via the Chicago Sun-Times : All political eyes in Illinois are on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to see who he will select to replace Obama for the two years remaining in his term. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) has been the most overt in positioning himself, but other frontrunners include Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Illinois Veterans Affairs Chief Tammy Duckworth, who Obama appeared with on Veterans Day. Blagojevich is under no legal deadline to select an Obama replacement. It's been a long time ...

Obama Resigns Senate Seat to Write Memoir
ScrappleFace — ... (2008-11-13) — Claiming that the hectic pace of his work in the U.S. Senate has taken its toll, Barack Obama announced today he would resign his senate seat effective Sunday, and take a couple of months off to relax and finish a tell-all memoir. ...