"constitutional amendment this week that would block all entities funded by public dollars from making political campaign contributions of more than $500 a year."

"Symbolic gesture"?  

Citizen's United (2010) ?  

SpeechNow.org v. FEC?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_finance_evolution_in_2010

Has anyone in the Oregon Legislature any familiarity with the US Constitution? 

 Do they understand that an Oregon Constitutional provision that conflicts with the US Constitution is best used for toilet paper?

Oh. 

It's "Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Portland Democrat" 

Those folks don't expect any laws to apply to them.   

Grandstanding for the illiterate or ignorant base is all we have from that proposal.