What does the President’s Cabinet do?

Why this is the answer

The Cabinet's job is to advise the President. In government, "cabinet" is another word for a group of advisors, and the President's is made up mainly of the people who lead the executive departments. The word itself never appears in the Constitution. What Article II, Section 2 does say is that the President may require a written opinion from the principal officer of each executive department on any subject connected to that officer's duties. The Cabinet grew from that idea: each department head brings the President knowledge of one area of government, and the President makes the decision. USCIS's 2008 lessons put it plainly, saying the Constitution expects the leaders of the executive departments to advise the President. The President nominates Cabinet members, and each nominee needs approval from a majority of the Senate. The makeup has never been fixed. Under George Washington the Cabinet had four members: the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war and the attorney general. Other departments came later, and presidents have reshaped the Cabinet over time. When the Department of Homeland Security was created, President George W. Bush added its leader to his Cabinet. A President can also ask other federal officials to serve on it. The official answer is "advises the President," and "of the United States" is optional. Wrong answers tend to describe another branch. The Cabinet does not make federal laws, which is the work of Congress, and it does not elect the President or review laws for the courts. A subtler mistake is describing the work of one department, for example the immigration services USCIS provides inside the Department of Homeland Security. That is a single agency's task; the question asks what the Cabinet does as a group. Imagine a long table with the President at the head and the department leaders seated around it, each offering advice from their own field while the final call stays with the President.