Sunday Breakfast Menu, Jan. 27

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The Sunday shows will mull over a number of issues in headlines this week, particularly guns, female service members and President Obama’s cabinet nominees.

Gun violence continues to generate debate, with Senator Dianne Feinstein appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” and CNN’s “State of the Union” to share her perspective. Ms. Feinstein, Democrat of California, introduced legislation Thursday to ban more than 150 kinds of semiautomatic weapons and some high-capacity magazines.

Joining Ms. Feinstein to discuss guns will be Raymond W. Kelly, the New York City police commissioner; Representative Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee; and Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker. The program will also feature Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama deputy campaign manager, and Kevin Madden, a former Romney adviser.

Retired Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the former United States commander in Afghanistan, and retired Gen. Michael Hayden, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will also be on CNN to talk about the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in combat zones.

Mayor Mia Love of Saratoga Springs, Utah; Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia; Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin; and Carlos M. Gutierrez, a former commerce secretary and Romney adviser, will discuss on CNN the Republican Party’s efforts to reach out to minorities.!

Also weighing in on the subject of female service members in combat are Martha McSally, a retired Air Force colonel who recently ran for Congress, and retired Lt. Col. William G. Boykin, a former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, will be on “Fox News Sunday.”

Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, and Senator Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, will discuss on Fox the Benghazi hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Kerry’s confirmation hearings to be her successor.

Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, the chairman of the House Budget Committee and former vice presidential nominee, joins NBC’s “Meet the Press” for his first live interview since the election, talking about the coming Congressional battles over spending and the president’s second term.

Jim DeMint, a former South Carolina sentor and the incoming president of the Heritage Foundation, and Ben Jealous, the president and chief executive of the N.A.A.C.P., will be on NBC’s roundtable.

Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona and a member of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator Robert Menendez, Democrat of New Jersey and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, are on ABC’s “This Week” to talk about Mr. Obama’s cabinet nominees.

Representative David Schweikert, Republican of Arizona, and Mark Boal, the screenwriter and producer of the film “Zero Dark Thirty,” will also be on ABC.

C-Span’s “Newsmakers” talks defense issues with Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the new ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee.

Haley Barbour, the former Mississippi governor, is on Bloomberg’s “Political Capital.”

Hilda L. Solis, the for! mer labor! secretary, will discuss Mr. Obama’s second term on TV One’s “Washington Watch.”

Telemundo’s “Enfoque” talks to Representative Luis Gutiérrez, Democrat of Illinois, about Congress’s progress toward reforming immigration laws.

Representative Juan Vargas, Democrat of California and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, and Representative Joe Garcia, Democrat of Florida and a member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on immigration and border security, will discuss immigration reform and gun control with Univision’s “Al Punto.” Larry Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, will also be on the program.

Is January the Time to Buy Electronics

At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January, manufacturers tantalized consumers with new electronics soon to hit the shelves. But what does that do to the prices of current models that are being replaced Is this a golden buying opportunity

Yes and no. Yes for TVs, no for laptops. I’ll explain.

Decide.com, which tracks the price of electronics, studied what happened to the cost of TVs and laptops in past years after C.E.S.

Decide.com predicts that the price of a 47-inch LG television will drop.

What it found is that TV prices dip to near yearly lows after the show, matching holiday prices. With the average prie of the top 250 TVs at $1,057, the post-show average is projected to drop an average of $211, to $846, based on data from previous  years. That is a 20 percent savings.

Laptops don’t drop so steeply. After the show, the 100 most popular laptops have historically been discounted 8 percent. This year that would mean the top 100 laptops, which average $780 in price, would be reduced $62, to $718.

Laptop price are lowest in late June through early July, right before the back to school sales, and during the last two weeks of September, after those sales, according to Decide.com’s data. At those times the discounts are typically 10 percent.

Of course, averages can be deceiving. Prices are volatile all year around, so a particular TV or computer you want could be discounted far more at any time.

There are a number of browser add-ons and apps that let you track prices of individual products, or you can use Decide.com - but it will cost you. Membership is $5 a month or $30 a year! for full access.

The Weekend Word: Think Again

Today’s Times

• For decades, the words “gay” and “Congress” were usually seen together only in stories of scandal and shame, but as the number of openly gay members of Congress gradually increases, there is a sense among the newcomers that they are forcing some of their colleagues to rethink gay rights and homosexuality, Jeremy W. Peters writes.

• Wary of introducing new personalities after a few unsuccessful experiments, President Obama is heading into his second term with a new team that looks much like the old one, Peter Baker writes. His reluctance to bring in outsiders suggests that he feels no need to inject new energy into a team that brought him through a tough re-election campaign.

• Both Mr. Obama and a bipartisan group of senators will begin separate but nea simultaneous efforts to build support for immigration overhaul next week, Ashley Parker writes. Though all members of the Senate group broadly agree on some pathway to legal residency, they are still divided on exactly what that route should be.

• While some Republican leaders are encouraging the party to temper its tone and appeal to a broader set of voters, its conservative base continues to punish the members who do just that, Jeff Zeleny and Jonathan Weisman report.

Weekly Address

• In this week’s address, President Obama said that it was not enough to pass laws protecting consumers and shielding the financial system from abuse:“We also need! cops on the beat to enforce the law.” On Thursday, he nominated Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission and Richard Cordray to stay on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. “As president, my top priority is simple: to do everything in my power to fight for middle-class families and give every American the tools they need to reach the middle class,” he said. “That means bringing in people like Mary Jo and Richard whose job it is to stand up for you.”

Happenings in Washington

• Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who represents the District of Columbia in Congress, and Mayor Vincent C. Gray will be joined by families from Newtown, Conn., as they march for gun control on the Washington Monument.