After the acceptance of the request, a special committee was formed in the Chamber of Deputies to decide on its admissibility. It began with the testimony of the authors of the request, followed by a presentation of Rousseff's defense. Meanwhile, street protests for and against the impeachment occurred periodically throughout the country.[4][5] The committee's report was favorable to impeaching the President: 38 deputies approved the report while 27 did not.[6] A vote was held in the Chamber on the 17th of April in favor of beginning impeachment proceedings against Rousseff, and was confirmed with a 55–22 vote by the Senate on the 12th of May, resulting in the suspension of Rousseff's presidential powers and duties up to 180 days.