"If they wanted it to be permanent, they would have needed 60 votes instead of 50 and they knew they didn't have them, " says Chris Edwards , director of fiscal policy at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.

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Bournemouth knew a win against Tranmere on Saturday would secure the title, but instead they could only manage a 0-0 draw.

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