His resignation will leave the seat empty until the new Congress takes office in January.

The resignations today leave several jobs open at senior levels of the Justice Department.

General Escala's resignation left the army in a very vulnerable situation.

Her resignation leaves two vacancies on the board, which the district can fill by appointment or special election.

The resignation left not only a leadership vacuum but also a degree of uncertainty for the possible impact on fund-raising, public trust and Olympic preparations.

Boyle's 1924 resignation would leave Cross as the sole survivor for slightly over a year, until he too resigned.

Bernard Landry's resignation of 2005 left him the opportunity to try again, one that he seized.

Their resignation will leave a big and dangerous vacuum.

The Government's resignation leaves the country, with its civil war wounds still unhealed, in a power vacuum.

His resignation leaves the gallery with its top three senior positions unfilled.