Cabinet of the United States

The Cabinet generally meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House.

As appointed officers heading federal agencies, these Cabinet Secretaries are bureaucrats with full administrative control over their respective departments.

During Cabinet meetings, the members sit in the order in which their respective department was created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away.

The president can dismiss them from office at any time without the approval of the Senate or downgrade their Cabinet membership status.

Like all federal public officials, Cabinet members are also subject to impeachment by the House of Representatives and trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors".

As a result of the debates, the Constitution (Article II, Section 1, Clause 1) vests "the executive power" in the president singly, and authorizes—but does not compel—the president (Article II, Section 2, Clause 1) to "require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices".

George Washington, the first president of the United States, organized his principal officers into a Cabinet, and it has been part of the executive branch structure ever since.

During President Abraham Lincoln's administration, Secretary of State William H. Seward advocated the use of a parliamentary-style Cabinet government.

In recent administrations, Cabinets have grown to include key White House staff in addition to department and various agency heads.

This pertains directly to the heads of the executive departments as each of their offices is created and specified by statutory law (hence the presumption) and thus gives them the authority to act for the president within their areas of responsibility without any specific delegation.

[6] The heads of the executive departments and all other federal agency heads are nominated by the president and then presented to the Senate for confirmation or rejection by a simple majority (although before the use of the "nuclear option" during the 113th United States Congress, they could have been blocked by filibuster, requiring cloture to be invoked by 3⁄5 supermajority to further consideration).

Marco Rubio Scott Bessent Pete Hegseth Pam Bondi Doug Burgum Howard Lutnick Vince MiconeActing[9][10] Scott Turner Sean Duffy Chris Wright Denise L. CarterActing[9] Doug Collins Kristi Noem The president may designate additional positions to be members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president.