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Sunday Breakfast Menu, Dec. 2

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Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner makes the rounds on the Sunday shows just a few days after Republicans resisted the proposal he presented to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. Mr. Geithner is scheduled to appear on ABC's “This Week,” CBS's “Face the Nation,” CNN's “State of the Union,” “Fox News Sunday” and NBC's “Meet the Press.”

Fox will also feature an interview with the House Republican speaker, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, who responded to the plan by saying Democrats were not being “serious” about cutting spending.

Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will appear along with the chairs of both congressional intelligence committees - S enator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, and Representative Mike Rogers, Republican of Michigan - on CBS, discussing efforts to avert the fiscal crisis as well as the scrutiny that Susan E. Rice, the ambassador to the United Nations, has received over the September attack in Libya.

Senator Mark Warner, the Virginia Democrat, and Senator Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Republican who joined Mr. Graham and Senator John McCain of Arizona in expressing opposition Tuesday to Ms. Rice's potential nomination as secretary of state, will be on CNN.

On NBC, Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican, and Senator Claire McCaskill, the Missouri Democrat, will also weigh in on the looming fiscal troubles, calling for the parties to compromise.

Gene Sperling, the White House's top economic adviser, appears on Bloomberg's “Political Capital” and TV One's “Washington Watch.” Also on TV One will be Representative James E. Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolin a.

C-Span's “Newsmakers” features a conversation with Senator Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat.

Telemundo's “Enfoque” and Univision's “Al Punto” focus on Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and immigration reform in the United States. Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois, will be on Telemundo, talking about the bipartisan initiative in Congress to change the immigration system.

The Weekend Word: New Wave

Today's Times

• Young immigrants living in the country without legal papers are a rising force with political momentum, and they are working on a strategy to keep the heat on the White House and Congress during the coming immigration fight, Julia Preston reports.

• The House passed a bill on Friday to ease visa restrictions for a limited number of foreign workers, previewing the immigration fight that leaders in both parties believe will be one of the biggest issues facing the new Congress, Jeremy W. Peters reports.

• President Obama learned that advancing his policies using sit-down negotiations with the opposition does not work without turning up the public heat on lawmakers, Peter Baker and Jonathan Weisman report. So just weeks after his re-election, he is hoping to promote his plan to raise taxes on the wealthy and avert a year-end fiscal crisis by recreating the campaign magic.

• The Obama administration said Frid ay that it would charge insurance companies for the privilege of selling health insurance to millions of Americans in new online markets, illustrating the rapidly growing role of the federal government in the nation's health care system, Robert Pear reports.

• The Senate voted to prohibit the government from imprisoning American citizens and green-card holders apprehended in the United States in indefinite detention without trail, but rights groups are claiming that that it leaves the door open for other types of people inside the United States to be subjected to military detention, Charlie Savage writes.

 Weekly Address

• President Obama talked about the impact the fiscal cliff could have on businesses and families from a factory in Pennsylvania in this week's address, saying that Congress can either do nothing and let taxes go up, or pass a law that would prevent a tax hike on the first $250,000 of everybody's income. “Congress can do that right now,” he said. “They can give families like yours a sense of security going into the new year. They can give companies like this one some certainty about what to expect down the road. And with the issue behind us, we'll have more time to work out a plan to bring down our deficits in a balanced way.”

 Around the Web

• There was another lottery drawing this week, but it didn't involve power balls and millions of dollars, Politico reports. It was the Congressional office lottery.

 Happenings in Washington

• The 13th annual Holiday Parade of Lights, a procession of illuminated boats on the Potomac River, will take place in Alexandria, Va., on Saturday. The best-decorated boats will win prizes.

• On Sunday, President Obama and the first lady, Michelle Obama, will host a reception for the Kennedy Center honorees in the East Room of the White House before attending the Kennedy Center Honors. Honorees inclu de the actor Dustin Hoffman, the comedian David Letterman, the blues artist Buddy Guy, the rock group Led Zeppelin and the ballerina Natalia Makarova.