who's responsible? well, four republican united states congressmen so far. last friday representative duncan hunter of california was the first to snatch the painting, falsely claiming it depicts police officers as pigs and returning it to the office of missouri congressman lacey clay who represents the artist's district. yesterday morning representative clay and fellow members of the congressional black caucus returned the painting to its rightful place. clay even asked capital police to press charges against hunter but they declined. later tuesday, doug lam born was the second republican congress to just take the painting down with no authorization and, again, congressman clay had it returned to the gallery wall. before the end of the day, congressman dana rohrabacher and brian ban bin removed it for a third time. as of this evening, the painting is back up but the fight continues. congressional republican staffer "making it a top priority" to request a review from the capital architect on whether the painting should be removed.