Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga mumushandirapamwe wake wepurezidhendi
, Obama akataura kuti vanokurudzira "havazowani basa muWhite House yangu", asi akarerutsa chimiro chake mushure mekutora chigaro. Musi waNdira 21, 2009, Obama akaburitsa chirevo chevose vanozogadzwa muhurumende yake, icho chakarayira kuti hapana munhu akagadzwa aive lobbyist akanyoreswa mukati memakore maviri asati agadzwa aigona kutora chikamu pazvinhu zvaakakurudzira kwenguva yemakore maviri mushure mekugadzwa. Kuregererwa kwepamutemo kwakatanga kupihwa kutanga kwa2009, kunze kwekugadzwa kwevatungamiriri mazana masere: Vagari veMutoro uye Tsika muWashington vakatsoropodza hutongi, vachiti Obama akadzokera kumashure kubva pamitemo yake yetsika inorambidza varwi kuti vashande pazvinhu zvavakakurudzira mukati memakore maviri apfuura nekuburitsa kuregererwa. Imwe ongororo yakaitwa nePolitico muna 2015 yakawana kuti, kunyange zvazvo Obama akanga atanga kuchinja zvishoma nezvishoma uye nhamba yevanhu vanoita basa rokukurudzira vanhu kuti vaite zvido zvehurumende yakaderera panguva yaaiva mutungamiri wenyika, Obama akanga atadza kuvhara "musuo unotenderera" wevakuru vakuru vaifamba pakati pehurumende nemabhizimisi. Zvisinei, hurumende yaObama yakadzivisa "kukakavadzana kwechido" zvinonyadzisa izvo hurumende dzakapfuura dzakanga dzasangana nazvo, muchidimbu pamusana pemitemo yehurumende yekukurudzira.