bell. in atlanta, martin luther king home. in springfield, illinois, abraham lincoln's home.national monument. nationwide, many federal workers who deal with claims and applications by the public were also going home. in chicago, from this social security office, the people who operate the national debt clock in new york stopped it as a symbol of what has happened. in many areas, the federal government is at a standstill. john martin, abc news, washington. >> as we said this affair measure of disgust from politicians of all parties but as of last night, the public appeared to be more sympathetic to mr. clinton's position. when our polling unit asked -- if the government shuts down who is at fault? 46% blamed the republican and 27% blamed mr. clinton. that was yesterday. the political struggle to resolve it all today from brit hume. >> reporter: late today, on the senate floor, democrats tried to bring up measures to fund the government with no other provisions. republicans rejected, leaving matters as they had earlier. earlier republicans talked about passing a new short-term