On Dec. 1, 2020, Janet Yellen was nominated by Joe Biden to join the Presidential Cabinet as the United States Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to nominate her on Jan. 22, 2021, and she was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 26, 2021. She was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the next day. Yellen is the first woman to hold the position of Secretary of the Treasury and the first person in the U.S. to serve as the leader in all three

On Dec. 17, 2020, Democrat Deb Haaland was selected by then-President-elect Joe Biden to join his Presidential Cabinet as the United States Secretary of the Interior. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held Haaland’s confirmation hearings on Feb. 23 and 24 and voted 11-9 on March 4 to advance her nomination. The Senate confirmed Haaland on Mar. 15 with a 51-40 vote, making her the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. As the U.S. Secretary