Communication From the Honorable Barack Obama

The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair lays a communication before the Senate. The legislative clerk read as follows:

Washington, DC, November 18, 2008.

Hon. ,

Vice President of the United States of America, President of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC.

This letter is to inform you that I resigned from the United States Senate, effective November 16, 2008, in order to prepare for my duties as President of the United States.
 * Sincerely,

U.S. Senator.