Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 2008, Furman akabatana
Mushandirapamwe waBarack Obama wokutsvaka kuva purezidhendi weEconomic Policy Director. Pakutanga, kugadzwa kwaFurman semupi wezano wekushambadzira kwakanga kwatsoropodzwa nevamwe vanoshingairira vashandi nekuda kwekudzivirira kwake bhizinesi reWalmart. Mukati mehurumende yaObama yekutanga, Furman akashanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiriri paNational Economic Council kuna Lawrence Summers naGene Sperling. Muchiitiko ichi, aive mumwe wevakagadzira iyo American Kudzoreredza uye Reinvestment Mutemo wa2009, kusanganisira kukurudzira-kushandisa zvirongwa kubatsira varombo pamwe nekusimudzira mutero wemabhizinesi. Furman anozivikanwawo nekubatsira kugadzira hurongwa hwehurumende hwekugadzirisa mutero wemakambani, zvichikanganisa nhaurirano dzemitemo yemari, uye nekubatsira kugadzira nekutaurirana Mutemo Wekuchengetedzwa Kwevarwere uye Mutemo Wekuchengetedza Mutengo ("ACA" kana "ObamaCare").