President Rousseff has come under pressure to meet the protesters' demandsBrazil's President Dilma Rousseff has proposed a referendum on political reform, following nationwide protests.
Ms Rousseff also pledged to invest 50 billion reais ($25bn, £16bn) in public transport, one of the protesters' main grievances.
More than a million Brazilians have taken to the streets to protest against rising costs, government corruption and the expense of the 2014 World Cup.
Ms Rousseff is now meeting mayors and state governors to find a solution.
Earlier, she met leaders of the group that started the street protests more than a week ago.
Meanwhile, further demonstrations are planned on Monday, with hundreds of people blocking the main road to Brazil's busiest port, Santos.
More rallies are also due to take place in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Two female protesters were killed in the state of Goias when a car hit a protest barricade.
The deaths bring the total number of lives lost because of the protests to four.
'No plan B'Brazil is due to host both the 2014 Fifa World Cup and the Olympics in 2016. Many of those demonstrating are unhappy at the cost of building stadiums in a country where many live in poverty and ticket prices for such prestigious international competitions are out of reach.
Unrest has dogged many of the fixtures currently taking place in Brazil as part of Fifa's Confederations Cup, seen as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup and using many of the same facilities.
Fifa's Secretary General Jerome Valcke has said the organisation has "no plan B" for next year's World Cup and no other country had made an official offer to host it.
Those increases have since been shelved - but the protests rapidly became more widespread and the protesters' demands more wide-ranging.The wave of rallies in more than 100 cities began in Sao Paulo, where residents were unhappy at planned rises in public transport fares.
Brazilians have been demanding better health and education services, saying they are fed up with paying relatively high taxes and feel that they do not get enough back from the state.
Protesters are also angry about corruption and scornful of politicians.
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