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Sunday Breakfast Menu, April 13

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Kathleen Sebelius, the health and human services secretary who faced criticism for the flawed rollout of the new health care law, resigned this week. Earlier this month, President Obama announced that more than seven million Americans enrolled in the new health care exchanges. Sylvia Mathews Burwell, currently the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, is Mr. Obama’s choice to take over the job.

Representatives Marsha W. Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, and Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, will weigh in on Ms. Sebelius’s departure on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

Ms. Burwell’s appointment will also dominate conversation on “Fox News Sunday,” where Representative Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, and Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, will talk about the change.

House Republicans asked the Justice Department  to open a criminal investigation of Lois Lerner, the former Internal Revenue Service official, after she refused to answer questions about the targeting of Tea Party groups. Two members of the Ways and Means Committee â€" Representative Sander M. Levin, Democrat of Michigan, and Charles Boustany, Republican of Louisiana â€" will discuss the party-line vote to involve federal prosecutors on “Fox News Sunday.”

On ABC’s “This Week,” guest include Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, and Gov. Deval Patrick, Democrat of Massachusetts. Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, will also talk about his 2016 presidential prospects.

With midterm elections on the horizon, Representatives Steve Israel, Democrat of New York and chairman of the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee, and Greg Walden, Republican of Oregon and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, will explain how they plan to get their parties re-elected in the fall on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 100, happened nearly one year ago. Senator Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, Ed Davis, former Boston police commissioner, and the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will discuss the tragedy on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Representative Donna Edwards, Democrat of Maryland, will join a round-table discussion on Ms. Sebelius’s resignation.

C-Span’s “Newsmakers” will feature Representative Bob Goodlatte, Republican of Virginia and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.

A possible Republican presidential contender, Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor, made headlines this week when he called illegal immigration an “act of love” last week. Representatives Luis Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, and Mario Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida, will weigh in on the possibility of immigration reform passing this year.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former national security adviser, shared his thoughts about the ongoing situation in Ukraine on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital.” The show aired on Friday and will repeat through the weekend.

Representative Loretta Sanchez, Democrat of California, and Adam Kinzinger, Republican of Illinois, will discuss homeland security on Telemundo’s “Enfoque.”