The federal budget process begins with

both the house and senate must approve the conference report.   after it is approved by both on an identical from, it will be sent to the president.   if the president approves it, it will become law.

even though you have attached neither the chart nor the generalizations, i have located them online. the right answer is d, since they are asking you about a generalization. you can only infer from the chart that between 2008 and 2009 the number of employed workers decreased significantly (from over 115 millions to 107 millions approximately), which signals some type of economic crisis.