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.

The Weekend Word: Unravel

Today’s Times

• Federal prosecutors filed charges against former Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr., Democrat of Illinois, on Friday for using campaign funds to fuel his desire for exotic objects, Michael S. Schmidt reports. Mr. Jackson’s desire for such objects, prompted him to take about $750,000 directly from his campaign funds in violation of campaign finance laws, according to government documents, unraveling the career of one of the country’s best-known black politicians and the son of a famous civil rights activist.

• In just two months, Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, has made his presence felt in the Capitol with brash moves that have raised eyebrows and tempers from colleagues in both paties, Jonathan Weisman reports.

• President Obama gave a policy speech that turned personal on Friday when he paid tribute to 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a girl who’s shooting death now represents his private connection to the gun violence that he has only begun to address in his second term, Jackie Calmes writes.

• Even though Democrats in Kentucky are still fighting over whether Ashley Judd, the actress, would be a viable United States Senate candidate in 2014, she has already become the target of a Republican “super PAC,” Trip Gabriel reports.

Weekly Addresses

• President Obama delivered his weekly address from Hyde Park Academy in Chicago, where he reiterated the plans he laid out in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. He spoke about wanting to create manufacturing hubs across the country, making the tax code more competitive for companies, offering high-quality preschool to every child in America, raising the minimum wage and passing comprehensive immigration reform. “So we know what we need to do,” he said. “All the steps I’ve mentioned are common sense. And, together, they will help us grow our economy and strengthen our middle class.”

• Representative Martha Roby of Alabama delivered this week’s Republican address, calling on President Obama and Senate Democrats to join her party members in “replacing” the proposed across-the-board cuts on military spending with “better, more responsible spending cuts.❠She did not specify what programs her colleagues would trim instead, but said they would be based on “real budget priorities.” “It is a shame that our commander in chief is using the military he leads as leverage in an ideological crusade for higher taxes,” she said. “These games have got to stop.

Happenings in Washington

• For the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, the Woodrow Wilson House will be open to the public.