id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4195 Cabinet of the United States - Wikipedia .html text/html 6409 767 55 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. 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). The individuals listed below were nominated by President Joe Biden to form his Cabinet and were confirmed by the United States Senate on the date noted, or are serving as acting department heads by his request pending the confirmation of his nominees. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4195.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4195.txt