Sunday Breakfast Menu, Jan. 5

As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week, President Obama urged them to restore unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans who are without work. The program was cut in the two-year budget passed before the holidays.

Gene Sparling, the director of the National Economic Council, will explain the Obama administration’s economic agenda and its focus on reinstating benefits on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin will also appear on the show to talk about rebranding the Republican Party and whether he is considering a presidential run in 2016.

Mr. Sparling will also appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” along with CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.

As athletes gear up for the 2014 Winter Olympics next month, Janet Napolitano, leader of the Presidential delegation to the Olympic games and former Homeland Security secretary, will discuss the games on NBC. Two recent terrorist attacks in Volgograd, Russia, have increased concerns about security at the Olympics.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will also talk about the Olympics on “Fox News Sunday.” Mr. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, led the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He will also weigh in on the Affordable Care Act. Later on in the program, Ilyse Hogue, president of Naral Pro-Choice America, and Mark Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will debate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s decision to temporarily delay the health care law’s contraceptive mandate for some religious groups.

Senators Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, and Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, will both appear on ABC’s “This Week.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will also look ahead to the new year in Congress, addressing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” whether some partisan divisions could be overcome in 2014. Representative Peter King, Republican of New York and a member of the Intelligence Committee, will weigh in on the New York Times editorial recommending clemency for Edward Snowden. Later, Representative Matt Salmon, Republican of Arizona, will talk about the possibility for immigration reform this year.

On C-Span’s “Newsmakers,” Michael Needham, C.E.O. of Heritage Action for America, discusses the roots of the divisions among conservatives in the Republican Party, as well as the top issues for the group.

Former Senator John E. Sununu, Republican of New Hampshire, and David Plouffe, a former White House adviser, went on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital” to discuss Congress and the White House in 2014. The show aired on Friday and repeats throughout the weekend.

Sunday Breakfast Menu, Jan. 5

As lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week, President Obama urged them to restore unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans who are without work. The program was cut in the two-year budget passed before the holidays.

Gene Sparling, the director of the National Economic Council, will explain the Obama administration’s economic agenda and its focus on reinstating benefits on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin will also appear on the show to talk about rebranding the Republican Party and whether he is considering a presidential run in 2016.

Mr. Sparling will also appear on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” along with CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer.

As athletes gear up for the 2014 Winter Olympics next month, Janet Napolitano, leader of the Presidential delegation to the Olympic games and former Homeland Security secretary, will discuss the games on NBC. Two recent terrorist attacks in Volgograd, Russia, have increased concerns about security at the Olympics.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will also talk about the Olympics on “Fox News Sunday.” Mr. Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, led the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the 2002 Winter Olympics. He will also weigh in on the Affordable Care Act. Later on in the program, Ilyse Hogue, president of Naral Pro-Choice America, and Mark Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, will debate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s decision to temporarily delay the health care law’s contraceptive mandate for some religious groups.

Senators Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, and Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, will both appear on ABC’s “This Week.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will also look ahead to the new year in Congress, addressing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” whether some partisan divisions could be overcome in 2014. Representative Peter King, Republican of New York and a member of the Intelligence Committee, will weigh in on the New York Times editorial recommending clemency for Edward Snowden. Later, Representative Matt Salmon, Republican of Arizona, will talk about the possibility for immigration reform this year.

On C-Span’s “Newsmakers,” Michael Needham, C.E.O. of Heritage Action for America, discusses the roots of the divisions among conservatives in the Republican Party, as well as the top issues for the group.

Former Senator John E. Sununu, Republican of New Hampshire, and David Plouffe, a former White House adviser, went on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital” to discuss Congress and the White House in 2014. The show aired on Friday and repeats throughout the weekend.