Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Speaker John Boehner tried again to shift the fiscal cliff debate from tax rates to spending cuts, saying Tuesday that the White House has yet to “identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the ‘balanced approach’ he promised the American people.” 
  
 “If the president doesn’t agree with our approach, he’s got an obligation to put forward a plan that can pass both chambers of Congress,” Boehner (R-Ohio) said on the House floor. “Because right now the American people have to be scratching their heads wondering, ‘When is the president going to get serious?’” 
  
 Boehner asked: “Where are the president’s spending cuts?” 
  
 Democrats argue that Boehner is mistaken, and if the Republicans want President Barack Obama to come off his position on hiking tax rates to 39.6 percent, they must offer a proposal that includes increased rates. The GOP proposal included $800 billion in revenue through closing loopholes in the tax code — a nonstarter, Democrats say. 
  
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 “What stands in the way is [inaction] on the part of the Republican majority to bring a middle-income tax cut to the floor of the House, which — across the country — has almost universal support and which I think in this body, given the right to vote for it, would have overwhelming support,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on the House floor immediately following Boehner. 
  
 Pelosi defended the Democrats’ track record on cuts, pointing to the savings that Congress and the White House agreed to in the Budget Control Act and other bills during Boehner’s tenure as speaker. 
  
 “Where are the cuts?” Pelosi said on the House floor. “They’re in bills that you, Mr. Speaker, have voted for.” 
  
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 The intensity of negotiations between the White House and Congressional Republicans has increased in recent days. Boehner and Obama met Sunday at the White House in a session the speaker described as “a nice meeting, a cordial meeting.” He said he’s “hopeful” for an agreement. 
  
 “But we’re still waiting for the White House to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make as part of the ‘balanced approach’ he promised the American people,” Boehner said. 
  
 The speech is not a promising sign: If Boehner felt compelled to go to the House floor to publicly address negotiations, it means that talks aren’t progressing well behind the scenes. ||||| Boehner: President’s Plan ‘Will Frankly Make It Worse’ By Nathaniel Botwinick 12 Speaker of the House Boehner took to the floor of the House this afternoon to update the country on the current state of the fiscal cliff negotiations: We’re still waiting for the White House to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make part of the balanced approach that he promised the American people. Where are the president’s spending cuts? The longer the White House slow walks this process, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. Here’s what we do know — the president wants more stimulus spending and an increase in the debt ceiling without any cuts or reform. That’s not fixing our problem; frankly, it’s making it worse. More Stories from Around the Web ||||| Dow Jones Reprints: This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, use the Order Reprints tool at the bottom of any article or visit www.djreprints.com 
  
 WASHINGTON—Budget negotiations between the White House and Republican House Speaker John Boehner have progressed steadily in recent days, people close to the process said, breathing life into talks that appeared to have stalled. 
  
 Both sides still face sizable differences before any agreement might be reached by the end of the year, and talks could well falter again over such controversial issues as taxes and Medicare before any deal is reached. 
  
 The people familiar with the matter say talks have taken a marked shift in recent days as staff and leaders have consulted, becoming more "serious." Both sides have agreed to ... |||||
Output:
Earlier today, the Wall Street Journal declared that the fiscal cliff talks have "progressed steadily" and are becoming more "serious." Its proof? The fact that both parties at the table "have maintained a strict public moratorium on commenting on the talks." Uhh, scratch that. John Boehner took to the House floor today to give an update on President Obama's slow-moving ways, per the National Review: "We're still waiting for the White House to identify what spending cuts the president is willing to make ... where are the president’s spending cuts? The longer the White House slow-walks this process, the closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. Well here’s what we do know ... the president wants more stimulus spending and an increase in the debt ceiling without any cuts or reform. That’s not fixing our problem; frankly, it’s making it worse." Politico sees the speech as a bad sign: If Boehner felt the need to discuss the negotiations publicly, it means "talks aren’t progressing well behind the scenes," it posits.