This morning the Senate passed cloture on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), paving the way for enactment of the controversial fast-track procedure for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal currently being negotiated by the President. Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), the part of the deal the Democrats wanted, has been left behind.

For more about what the TPA and TAA would do, see our past coverage.

Earlier this month House Democrats attempted to tank TPA by voting against the part of the trade deal they were interested in, TAA. But House Republicans were able to pass TPA alone and sent TPA back to the Senate for a clean vote. The Senate had previously passed TPA and TAA together and it was unclear if the Senate would approve TPA alone — which they did this morning.

The Senate passed cloture 60-to-37:

Senators Cardin (D-MD) and Cruz (R-TX) changed their votes from Yea to Nay compared to the previous Senate vote that combined TPA and TAA.

The cloture vote paves the way for the enactment of TPA alone.

The House and Senate votes were on H.R. 2146, a bill originally about the retirement funds of federal law enforcement officers and firefighters. This bill became the vehicle for passage of TPA, with the old provisions of the bill remaining within the bill.