[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18652]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         LETTER OF RESIGNATION

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the letter of 
resignation of Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, which shall be 
printed in the Record.
  The letter follows:


                                                  U.S. Senate,

                                Washington, DC, December 20, 2012.
     Hon. Nikki Haley,
     Governor, State of South Carolina.
       Dear Madam Governor: I hereby give notice of my retirement 
     from the Office of United States Senator from the State of 
     South Carolina. Therefore, I tender my resignation effective 
     at 11:59 p.m., January 1, 2013.
           Respectfully Submitted,
                                                       Jim DeMint,
     U.S. Senate.

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