The special panel was approved in a 232-186 vote, which went largely along party lines, and is said to be the eighth inquiry on Benghazi.
Previous independent, cross-party and Republican-led inquiries have blamed the state department for inadequate security at the embassy.
Republicans have been very critical of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is now weighing a 2016 presidential run.
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