Reply #3: reason #3 from the article

[azurnoir]

Finally, they said that there were some concerns about the size of the incentives the United States offered Israel — which Israeli sources said included 20 F-35 stealth fighters worth $3 billion — for only a temporary extension.

and on that basis I am almost glad to hear it has been called off, the US really can not afford these kind of 'incentives', especially considering the dealings to get unemployment insurance extended or leave a large number of Americans destitute OTOH I hope this does not lend to the Republicans further trying to use "support of Israel" as a wedge issue