Sunday Breakfast Menu, Feb. 17

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President Obama hit the road last week to promote the proposals he unveiled during his State of the Union address. His chief of staff, Denis McDonough, will appear on three of the Sunday talk shows to discuss the obstacles facing Mr. Obama’s second-term agenda.

Mr. McDonough will be on ABC’s “This Week” along with Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, who will share his reaction to the president’s speech. Also on the show will be Dr. Benjamin Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, talking about his criticisms of Democrats recently voiced at the National Prayer Breakfast.

n NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mr. McDonough and Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, will be featured, with Mr. McCain weighing in on the Republicans’ efforts to stall Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be secretary of defense. Mark E. Kelly, husband of Gabrielle Giffords and co-founder of Americans for Responsible Solutions on Guns in America, will also join the program.

Mr. McDonough will also appear on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” as will Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, discussing the pope’s plans to resign.

Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will talk about Mr. Hagel’s nomination process on “Fox News Sunda! y.” Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, will discuss his response to the State of the Union, which he delivered on behalf of the Tea Party.

Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, will talk about the prospects for Mr. Obama’s agenda on Capitol Hill on CNN’s “State of the Union,” and Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, will offer the G.O.P. perspective. Also, Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and Senator Jack Reed, Democrat of Rhode Island, plan to talk about the effects of sequestration, which is set to go into effect March 1.

Rep. Harold Rogers of Kentucky, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, is on C-Span’s “Newsmakers.”

Rep. ChrisVan Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, appears on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital.”

Telemundo’s “Enfoque” features Mr. McCain and Rep. Loretta Sanchez, Democrat of California, talking about the State of the Union and the chances for new immigration reform measures.

On Univision’s “Al Punto,” Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán of Mexico, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers in the Roman Catholic Church, will talk about the pope’s resignation. Rep. Raúl R. Labrador, Republican of Idaho, weighs in on the bipartisan efforts in the House of Representatives to change the immigration system.

And TV One’s “Washington Watch” will have a conversation about the State of the Union address and Mr. Obama’s recent attention to gun violence, especially in Chicago.