Sunday Breakfast Menu, Jan. 6

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The 112th Congress reached an agreement to avert a fiscal crisis and adjourned for a final time last week. Now that the 113th Congress has been sworn in, can the incoming members help break the gridlock before lawmakers must find consensus on raising the debt ceiling? Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate minority leader, and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority leader, are among the members of Congress who join the Sunday shows this week to weigh in.

Mr. McConnell will appear on NBC's “Meet the Press,” ABC's “This Week” and CBS's “Face the Nation” to discuss the deal he helped broker to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and the debates to come. Ms. Pelosi will join him on CBS.

Alan K. Simpson and Erskine B. Bowles, the co-chairmen of President Obama's deficit reduction commission two years ago, will also be featured on NBC, where they will talk about their conviction that the latest plan to address the deficit doesn't go far enough.

Plus, NBC's roundtable discussion of the challenges that Congress faces will include Senator Angus King, independent of Maine; Representative Xavier Becerra of California, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus; and Newt Gingrich, former House speaker.

ABC has three new members of Congress - Senator Heidi Heitkamp, Democrat of North Dakota; Representative Joaquín Castro, Democrat of Texas; and Representative Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas - who will talk about whether they and the rest of the freshmen can help alleviate partisan tensions on Capitol Hil l to foster compromise.

In addition to Mr. McConnell and Ms. Pelosi, CBS will feature a discussion with members of Congress - some new, some returning and some newly returning: Senator Jeff Flake, newly elected Republican of Arizona; Senator Chris Murphy, newly elected Democrat of Connecticut; Representative Mike Kelly, Republican of Pennsylvania; Representative Rick Nolan, Democrat of Minnesota, who was a congressman in the late 1970s; and Representative Matt Salmon, Republican of Arizona, who is also a newly returned congressman.

Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, and Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, will join CNN's “State of the Union” to talk about the challenges looming for Congress and Mr. Obama's chances for furthering his agenda in the midst of gridlock. Also on CNN will be Ms . Heitkamp and Representative Richard Hudson, Republican of North Carolina.

On “Fox News Sunday,” Representatives Jim Jordan, Republican of Ohio, and Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, will share their thoughts on the fights ahead, and Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, will talk about the challenges facing the 113th Congress and the Republican Party.

Senator Debbie Stabenow, a Democrat from Michigan who is chairwoman of the Agriculture Committee, will talk about what's next for the farm bill on C-Span's “Newsmakers.”

Representative Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican who is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, will appear on Bloomberg's “Political Capital.”

Telemundo's “Enfoque” will feature Representatives José E. Serrano, Democrat of New York, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican of Flor ida, who will weigh in on immigration reform and the deficit.

Representative Loretta Sanchez, Democrat of California, and Ms. Ros-Lehtinen will speak to Univision's “Al Punto” about whether this Congress can break the partisan deadlock.

And Beth Glenn, national education director for the N.A.A.C.P., will be among the guests on TV One's “Washington Watch,” talking about gun violence.

Idaho Senator Pleads Guilty To Drunken-Driving Charge

A Republican senator who has said in the past that he does not drink alcohol because of his Mormon faith is headed to rehab after he pleaded guilty to a drunken-driving charge on Friday in Alexandria, Va.

The senator, Michael D. Crapo of Idaho, 61, was sentenced to mandatory alcohol rehabilitation program by a judge in the Alexandria City courthouse. His punishment includes having his license suspended for one year, a $250 fine, and a six-month suspended jail sentence.

Mr. Crapo was pulled over on Dec. 23 after he ran a red light. He was charged with drunken driving after he registered a blood-alcohol level of .11 percent, above Virginia's .08 percent limit.

The charge is a first-offense misdemeanor. In exchange for his plea Friday, prosec utors dropped a charge of failing to obey a traffic signal, The Associated Press reported.

After the hearing on Friday, Mr. Crapo apologized for his actions outside the courthouse. According to The A.P., Mr. Crapo said he had been drinking vodka and tonic at home on the night of the offense, before he went out for a drive.

Mr. Crapo said he realized that he was in no condition to be behind the wheel after driving for about 30 minutes, and that he was returning home when he was stopped.

“I am grateful, truly grateful, that no one was injured,” Mr. Crapo said.

Mr. Crapo is the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee and serves on the Budget and Finance committees.

He is also a bishop in the Mormon Church, which discourages the consumption of alcohol.