The correct option is this: AMERICANS BLAMED REPUBLICANS FOR THE SHUTDOWN AND CLINTON'S APPROVAL RATING IMPROVED.
During the budget crisis of 1995, the Americans blamed the Republicans for unnecessarily shutting down the government two different times within three months. The speaker of the house at that time, Newt Gingrich ended up having the worst rating of any national leader while president Clinton's rating improved and paved way for his re-election.