The Republicans are against it simply because it is a Democratic Party proposal, and they wish the Democrats to be seen to fail. Period. They want the Democrats to meet political disaster in every way possible, so that they can soon replace them as the party in power.

Kucinich is anything but a sellout. He's that incredibly rare thing, a genuinely honest idealist struggling in the morass of an incredibly dishonest and corrupt political system which is run by corporate lobbyists for the benefit of the rich elite which employs them.