Sunday Breakfast Menu, May 19

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The White House battled several controversies last week, facing questions not only about the September attack in Benghazi, Libya, but also about the targeted scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service and the seizure of phone records from The Associated Press by the Justice Department.

Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to President Obama, will represent the administration on the five major Sunday shows, discussing the handling of the scandals that have consumed Washington for days.

In addition to Mr. Pfeiffer, NBC’s “Meet the Press” will feature Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, along with Representative Dave Camp of Michigan, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which held a hearing on the I.R.S. scandal Friday. Representative Xavier Becerra, Democrat of California, will join this week’s roundtable discussion, and Donald H. Rumsfeld, former defense secretary, will appear on the program to talk about the Obama administration’s approach to foreign policy, as well as his new book, “Rumsfeld’s Rules.”

“Fox News Sunday” will have Mr. Pfeiffer and Representative Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin and a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas; Representative Jason Chaffetz, Republican of Utah; and Gary Pruitt, the president and chief executive of The A.P., will appear on CBS’s “Face the Nation” along with Mr. Pfeiffer to talk about the controversies over the I.R.S., Benghazi and The A.P.

Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, will join Mr. Pfeiffer on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

To get the Congressional perspective on the scandals, ABC’s “This Week” talks to Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey; Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio; Representative Charles B. Rangel, Democrat of New York; and Representative Tom Price, Republican of Georgia, in addition to Mr. Pfeiffer.

Jacob J. Lew, the Treasury secretary, and Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, chairman of the Intelligence Committee, appeared on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital” on Friday. Repeats of the program air throughout the weekend.

Two powerful committee chairmen â€" Senator Max Baucus of Montana, who heads the Finance Committee, and Mr. Camp of Ways and Means â€" will join Bloomberg’s “Capitol Gains” at noon Eastern to talk about the investigation into the I.R.S.

Two Florida Republicans, Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart, will join Univision’s “Al Punto” at 10 a.m. Eastern, to discuss the scandals. Also on the program will be Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, who will share his thoughts from the front line on how the administration has handled the backlash.

And Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, will talk about tackling the debt on C-Span’s “Newsmakers.”