On Sunday’s Up w/ Chris Hayes, we’ll talk to a packed line-up of newsmakers, including a governor, several members of Congress and several former Obama administration officials. First, we’ll examine Vice President Joe Biden’s outsize role in the Obama administration as he’s sworn in for a second term, and consider the ever-expanding portfolio of the vice president’s office. Then we’ll discuss perhaps one of the most consequential decisions of the president’s second term, coming up this week: filibuster reform. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may be backing away from some of the most far-reaching rules changes embraced by Senate reformers, which may be key to getting any of the president’s legislative priorities through Congress. And finally we’ll compare the president’s vision for his second term to the one he offered when he first took office four years ago.
Joining Chris Sunday at 8 AM ET on msnbc will be:
Gov. Dannell Malloy (@GovMalloyOffice), Democrat of Connecticut.
Sen. Sherrod Brown (@SenSherrodBrown), Democrat representing Ohio.
Sen. Tom Udall (@SenatorTomUdall), Democrat representing New Mexico.
Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee), Democrat from California representing the state’s 13th congressional district.
Patrick Gaspard, executive director of the Democratic National Committee. From 2009-2011, he served as director of the Office of Political Affairs for the Obama administration and served as the national political director of President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Bill Burton (@billburton), senior strategist with Priorities USA Action and Priorities USA, former deputy White House press secretary for President Obama.
Neera Tanden (@neeratanden), president of the Center for American Progress.
Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki), senior vice president and managing director at Global Strategy Group, former Obama White House deputy communications director.
Jared Bernstein (@econjared), senior fellow at the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities. Served as the chief economist and policy adviser to Vice President Biden from 2009-2011.
Katherine Guthrie