WASHINGTON, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic-controlled U.S. House voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to create a select committee to probe the deadly attack on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6.

The final vote was 222-190, with only two Republican representatives, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, joining all Democrats to back the new committee.

House Democrats, whose majority in the chamber led to a vote that impeached then President Donald Trump exactly one week after the Jan. 6 insurrection -- which Trump was accused of inciting -- moved to establish the select committee after legislation to create an independent bipartisan commission was blocked by Senate Republicans last month.

"We have a duty to the Constitution and to the American people to find the truth of Jan. 6, and to ensure that such an assault on our democracy can never happen again," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California.

Unlike the independent, 10-member commission that would allow each party to appoint an equal number of commissioners, the select committee will instead comprise eight members appointed by Pelosi, and another five chosen by Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader. Enditem