us senator joe manchin dwv walks to the senate floor at the us capitol in washington june 7 2022 sen joe manchins reelection campaign raised over 1 million over three months thanks to donations from the likes of new england patriots owner robert kraft multiple wall street leaders and energy giants that latest fundraising haul from wealthy business leaders and corporations came in the second quarter which concluded a little over two weeks ago at the end of june according to federal election commission records the donations arrived as manchin a conservative democrat from west virginia engaged in negotiations over climate change and tax legislation which are priorities for president joe biden and their party this week he said he will not move ahead with further discussions on these provisions manchin in an interview on west virginias metronews talkline on friday said he wants to hold off on the partys climate and tax policy proposals until after the next next national report on inflation data inflation rose by more than 9 in june manchin previously rejected bidens 1 trillionplus social and climate spending proposal known as build back better representatives for manchin did not return a request for comment business and wall street leaders have heaped praise on manchin as he holds up his partys agenda he saw a wave of donations from corporate leaders and big energy companies themselves before his latest decision to stall his partys policy goals in may home depot cofounder ken langone and longtime investor stanley druckenmiller cohosted a meetandgreet breakfast for manchin according to people briefed on the matter who declined to be named since the event was private langone previously praised manchin on cnbc and said he would host one of the biggest fundraisers ive ever had for him calls to langones and druckenmillers offices were not returned